Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Moringuidae Worm or spaghetti eels

Genus: Neoconger

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Photo by Carvalho Filho, A.

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 30 cm TL
Neoconger mucronatus Girard, 1858

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Neoconger mucronatus
[Ridged eel]
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Neoconger tuberculatus
[Swollengut worm eel]

Photo by Robertson, R.

Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 14.6 cm TL
Neoconger vermiformis Gilbert, 1890

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Neoconger vermiformis
[Smalleye spaghetti eel]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Neoconger mucronatus Ridged eel Western Atlantic 30 TL 1858
Neoconger tuberculatus Swollengut worm eel Indo-West Pacific 1965
Neoconger vermiformis Smalleye spaghetti eel Eastern Central Pacific 14.6 TL 1890



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