Argentine conger

Argentine conger
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Aulopiformes
Family: Congridae
Genus: Conger
Species: C. orbignianus
Binomial name
Conger orbignianus
Valenciennes, 1837
Synonyms
  • Conger multidens Castelnau, 1855
  • Conger orbignyanus Valenciennes, 1837
  • Leptocephalus orbignyanus (Valenciennes, 1837)

Argentine conger (Conger orbignianus) is a conger of the family Congridae. It is widespread in the Western Atlantic ocean from Rio de Janeiro in Brasil to the Bonaelensis area in north Argentina. In the Eastern Atlantic it is known only as larvae from the southern Gulf of Guinea from Annobon (Equatorial Guinea) to Mossamedes (Angola). Marine demersal fish, up to 1.12 m length.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Conger orbignianus.
Wikispecies has information related to: Conger orbignianus


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 4/21/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.