From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

European conger
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Congridae
Genus:	Conger
Species:	C. conger
Binomial name
Conger conger (Linnaeus, 1758)

The European conger, Conger conger, is a conger of the family Congridae, found in the eastern Atlantic from Norway and Iceland to Senegal, and also in the Mediterranean and Black Sea. It is sometimes seen in very shallow water by the shore but can also go down to depths of 1170 m. They have an average length is up to 3 m, and weight up to 110 kg, making them the largest eels in the world.

Gallery

References

• "Conger conger". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. May 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.