Back قنجر أمريكي Arabic قنجر امريكى ARZ Congre americà Catalan Conger oceanicus CEB Conger oceanicus Spanish Conger oceanicus Basque مارماهی بزرگ آمریکایی Persian Congro americano Galician קונגר אמריקאי HE Amerikaanse kongeraal Dutch
| American conger | |
|---|---|
| |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Congridae |
| Genus: | Conger |
| Species: | C. oceanicus
|
| Binomial name | |
| Conger oceanicus (Mitchill, 1818)
| |
| Synonyms | |
| |
The American conger (Conger oceanicus) is a species of eel in the family Congridae. Other common names for this fish include conger, dog eel,[1] poison eel[1] and sea eel.[1] It is a marine fish with a widespread distribution in the Western Atlantic from Cape Cod in Massachusetts to northeastern Florida in United States and the northern Gulf of Mexico, and is also reported from near the mid-Atlantic island of St. Helena and off the coast of Nova Scotia in Canada. Dark grayish color, it can grow to about 6.5 feet (2.0 m) long and weigh more than 40 kg (88 lb).
- ^ a b c d Carpenter, K.E. (2015). "Conger oceanicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T199391A2590473. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T199391A2590473.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.