Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae Conger and garden eels
Subfamily: Congrinae
Genus: Xenomystax

(See list of species below)


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5 species (see list below)
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Photo by Johnny Labbe/Mauricio Ahumada

Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 100 cm TL
Xenomystax atrarius Gilbert, 1891

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Xenomystax atrarius
[Deepwater conger]
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Xenomystax austrinus
[]

Photo by FAO

Western Central Atlantic
Max. Length 25.4 cm TL
Xenomystax bidentatus (Reid, 1940)

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Xenomystax bidentatus
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Photo by NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory

Atlantic Ocean
Max. Length 87.6 cm TL
Xenomystax congroides Smith & Kanazawa, 1989

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Xenomystax congroides
[Bristletooth conger]
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Max. Length 64.5 cm TL
 
Xenomystax trucidans
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Xenomystax atrarius Deepwater conger Eastern Pacific 100 TL 1891
Xenomystax austrinus Western Central Atlantic. 1989
Xenomystax bidentatus Western Central Atlantic 25.4 TL 1940
Xenomystax congroides Bristletooth conger Atlantic Ocean 87.6 TL 1989
Xenomystax trucidans Western Indian Ocean 64.5 TL 1894



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