The silvery conger (Ariosoma anago) also known as the sea conger, the darkfin conger, the dark-finned conger-eel, or simply the conger eel,[2] is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[3] It was described by Coenraad Jacob Temminck and Hermann Schlegel in 1846, originally under the genus Conger.[4] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known to dwell in sandy and muddy bottoms on coasts in the Indo-west Pacific. Males can reach a maximum total length of 60 centimetres.
| Silvery conger | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Congridae |
| Genus: | Ariosoma |
| Species: | A. a. juvenile
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| Binomial name | |
| Ariosoma anago juvenile (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
The silvery conger's diet consists primarily of benthic crustaceans and finfish.[5]
References
edit- ^ Synonyms of Ariosoma anago at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Common names for Ariosoma anago at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Ariosoma anago at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Temminck, C. J. and H. Schlegel, 1846 [ref. 4374] See Temminck & Schlegel 1843 [ref. 4370]. Parts 10-14: 173-269
- ^ Food items reported for Ariosoma anago at www.fishbase.org.
External links
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