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Conger Eel

Conger

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Conger
Genus recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Catalogue of Life in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Conger
Genus recognized by Egypt Species List, wikipedia 中文维基百科, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia русскую Википедию, wikipedia NL, wikipedia POL, wikipedia VI, wikipedia CZ, wikipedia FI, wikipedia NO, wikipedia UK, wikipedia CA, wikipedia SV, wikipedia TR, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, Australia Species List, Belgium Species List, Canada Species List, Cayman Islands Species List, China Species List, Christmas Island Species List, Cocos Islands Species List, Comoros Species List, Croatia Species List, Curacao Species List, Denmark Species List, Federated States of Micronesia Species List, France Species List, French Polynesia Species List, Germany Species List, Gibraltar Species List, Greece Species List, Guam Species List, Guernsey Species List, Ireland Species List, Isle of Man Species List, Italy Species List, Kenya Species List, Madagascar Species List, Maldives Species List, Mariana Islands Species List, Marshall Islands Species List, Mauritius Species List, New Zealand Species List, Norway Species List, Palau Species List, Papua New Guinea Species List, Philippines Species List, Portugal Species List, Puerto Rico Species List, Samoa Species List, Senegal Species List, Seychelles Species List, Singapore Species List, Solomon Islands Species List, South Africa Species List, Spain Species List, Sudan Species List, Sweden Species List, Taiwan Species List, Thailand Species List, The Bahamas Species List, The Netherlands Species List, Tonga Species List, Tunisia Species List, Turkey Species List, United Kingdom Species List, Uruguay Species List, Vanuatu Species List, wikipedia ID, Argentina Species List, Japan Species List, wikipedia EU, wikipedia CY, Indonesia Species List, Arabian Sea Species List, Balearic Sea Species List, Banda Sea Species List, Bay of Biscay Species List, Bay of Bengal Species List, Bass Strait Species List, Bismarck Sea Species List, Black Sea Species List, Bristol Channel Species List, Caribbean Sea Species List, Celebes Sea Species List, Celtic Sea Species List, Coral Sea Species List, Eastern China Sea Species List, English Channel Species List, Great Australian Bight Species List, Gulf of Aqaba Species List, Gulf of Mexico Species List, Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland Species, Indian Ocean Species List, Ionian Sea Species List, Irish Sea Species List, Kattegat Species List, Ligurian Sea Species List, Malacca Strait Species List, Mozambique Channel Species List, North Atlantic Species List, Molukka Sea Species List, North Pacific Species List, North Sea Species List, Red Sea Species List, Rio de la Plata Species List, Savu Sea Species List, Sea of Japan Species List, Philippine Sea Species List, Seto Inland Sea Species List, Singapore Strait Species List, Skagerrak Species List, Solomon Sea Species List, South China Sea Species List, Strait of Gibraltar Species List, Yellow Sea Species List, Tyrrhenian Sea Species List, Sulu Sea Species List, Tasman Sea Species List, South Atlantic Species List, South Pacific Species List, wikipedia AST, wikipedia AF, wikipedia LT, wikipedia BR, wikipedia hr Croatian, wikipedia DA, wikipedia LA, wikipedia LA, wikipedia NN, wikipedia SL, wikipedia GA, NCBI, wikipedia EO, wikipedia emerging languages, wikipedia gl Galician, Adriatic Sea Species List, Aegean Sea Species List, Timor Sea Species List, United States Species List, wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, wikipedia DE, wikipedia ES, wikipedia IT, wikipedia PT, wikipedia FR, wikipedia 한국어 위키백과, Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023, wikipedia EN, Wikidata Common Names, Wikipedia (inferred records), Wikimedia Commons, Barcode of Life Data Systems, Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, and Global Biotic Interactions
Conger
Recognized by IABIN, FAO Fishery Statistics, Furui 2020, and Flickr BHL
Conger Bosc 1817
Genus recognized by Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy and World Register of Marine Species
Conger Oken 1817
Genus recognized by GBIF classification

Alternative Names

Conger acutus Stinton 1957
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Conger brasiliensis Kaup 1856
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Conger brasiliensis Ranzani 1839
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Conger brasiliensis Kaup, 1856)
Conger brunneus Commerson 1803
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Conger caudicula Bean 1882
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Conger communis Cloquet 1818
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Conger dissimilis Frizzell & Lamber 1962
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Conger fornicatus Frizzell & Lamber 1962
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Conger hamo Temminck & Schlegel 1846
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Conger illaesus Schwarzhans 2003
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Conger jordani Kanazawa 1958
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Conger limbatus Castelnau 1855
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Conger linnei Malm 1877
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Conger longirostris Anonymous & Bennett 1830
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Conger meridies Frizzell & Lamber 1962
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Conger microstomus Castelnau 1855
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Conger moniliger Bleeker 1864
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Conger neoguinaicus Bleeker 1859
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Conger noordziekii Bleeker 1857
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Conger occidentalis De Kay 1842
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Conger olivaceovirens Commerson 1803
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Conger oxyrhynchus Eydoux & Souleyet 1850
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Conger oxyurus Bleeker
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Conger oxyurus Bleeker ex Kuhl & van Hasselt (1864)
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Conger simulatus Facciolà 1913
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Conger singaporensis Bleeker 1853
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Conger vetustus Frizzell & Lamber 1962
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Conger vulgaris Gistel 1848
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Conger vulgaris Poey, 2000)
Conger vulgaris Poey 2000
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Congrus fasciatus Richardson 1846
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Helmictis punctatus Rafinesque 1810
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Leptocephalus conger (Linnaeus 1758)
Proparte synonym according to GBIF classification
Conger
Harvest ancestor according to GBIF national node type records UK, GBIF national node type records France, GBIF national node type records Sweden, Mozambique Species List, GBIF national node type records Germany, NMNH type specimens, iDigBio type specimen records, iDigBio type specimen records, iDigBio type specimen records, Paleobiology Database, Flickr Group, iNaturalist, Fishbase, NMNH Collection, Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology, TreatmentBank, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, and Global Biotic Interactions
Leptocephalus Scopoli 1777
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Veternio Snyder 1904
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Common Names

English

Conger
prefer
Recognized by Flickr BHL
Morris
prefer
Recognized by Flickr BHL
Conger eel preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arabic

قنجر preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Bulgarian

конгери preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Chinese

星鳗属 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Dutch; Flemish

kongeraal preferred
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Estonian

meriangerjas preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

German

Meeraal preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Greek, Modern (1453-)

μουγγρί preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Irish

eascann choncair preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Italian

Grongo preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
gronco
prefer
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Japanese

クロアナゴ属 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020 and World Register of Marine Species
アナゴ属 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Lingua Franca Nova

Congro preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Persian

مارماهی‌های بزرگ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Russian

Конгеры preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Spanish; Castilian

Congrio preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
Gruj preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Ukrainian

Морський вугор preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arz

قنجر preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Cn

星鳗属 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Conger

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Actinopterygii
Neopterygii
Teleostei
Elopomorpha
Anguilliformes
Congridae
Conger (this page)
Conger cinereus Rüppell 1830
Conger conger (Linnaeus 1758)
Conger erebennus (Jordan & Snyder 1901)
Conger esculentus Poey 1861
Conger japonicus Bleeker 1879
Conger macrocephalus Kanazawa 1958
Conger marginatus Valenciennes 1850
Conger myriaster (Brevoort 1856)
Conger oceanicus (Mitchill 1818)
Conger oligoporus Kanazawa 1958
Conger orbignianus Valenciennes 1837
Conger philippinus Kanazawa 1958
Conger triporiceps Kanazawa 1958
Conger verreauxi Kaup 1856
Conger wilsoni (Bloch & Schneider 1801)
Acromycter
Ariosoma
Bassanago
Bathycongrus
Bathymyrus
Bathyuroconger
Blachea
Castleichthys
Chiloconger
Congrhynchus
Congriscus
Congrosoma
Diploconger
Gnathophis
Gorgasia
Heteroconger
Japonoconger
Kenyaconger
Lumiconger
Macrocephenchelys
Parabathymyrus
Paraconger
Poeciloconger
Promyllantor
Pseudophichthys
Rhynchoconger
Scalanago
Uroconger
Xenomystax

Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Biota
Animalia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Actinopterygii
Anguilliformes
Congridae
Conger (this page)
Conger cinereus Rüppell 1830
Conger conger (Linnaeus 1758)
Conger erebennus (Jordan & Snyder 1901)
Conger esculentus Poey 1861
Conger japonicus Bleeker 1879
Conger macrocephalus Kanazawa 1958
Conger marginatus Valenciennes 1850
Conger myriaster (Brevoort 1856)
Conger oceanicus (Mitchill 1818)
Conger oligoporus Kanazawa 1958
Conger orbignianus Valenciennes 1837
Conger philippinus Kanazawa 1958
Conger triporiceps Kanazawa 1958
Conger verreauxi Kaup 1856
Conger wilsoni (Bloch & Schneider 1801)
Acromycter
Ariosoma
Bassanago
Bathycongrus
Bathymyrus
Bathyuroconger
Blachea
Castleichthys
Chiloconger
Congrhynchus
Congriscus
Congrosoma
Diploconger
Gnathophis
Gorgasia
Heteroconger
Japonoconger
Kenyaconger
Lumiconger
Macrocephenchelys
Parabathymyrus
Paraconger
Poeciloconger
Promyllantor
Pseudophichthys
Rhynchoconger
Scalanago
Uroconger
Xenomystax

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Actinopterygii
Neopterygii
Teleostei
Elopomorpha
Anguilliformes
Congridae
Conger (this page)
Conger cinereus Rüppell 1830
Conger conger (Linnaeus 1758)
Conger erebennus (Jordan & Snyder 1901)
Conger esculentus Poey 1861
Conger japonicus Bleeker 1879
Conger macrocephalus Kanazawa 1958
Conger marginatus Valenciennes 1850
Conger myriaster (Brevoort 1856)
Conger oceanicus (Mitchill 1818)
Conger oligoporus Kanazawa 1958
Conger orbignianus Valenciennes 1837
Conger philippinus Kanazawa 1958
Conger triporiceps Kanazawa 1958
Conger verreauxi Kaup 1856
Conger wilsoni (Bloch & Schneider 1801)
Acromycter
Ariosoma
Bassanago
Bathycongrus
Bathymyrus
Bathyuroconger
Blachea
Castleichthys
Chiloconger
Congrhynchus
Congriscus
Congrosoma
Diploconger
Gnathophis
Gorgasia
Heteroconger
Japonoconger
Kenyaconger
Lumiconger
Macrocephenchelys
Parabathymyrus
Paraconger
Poeciloconger
Promyllantor
Pseudophichthys
Rhynchoconger
Scalanago
Uroconger
Xenomystax

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Actinopterygii
Neopterygii
Teleostei
Elopomorpha
Anguilliformes
Congridae
Conger (this page)
Conger cinereus Rüppell 1830
Conger conger (Linnaeus 1758)
Conger erebennus (Jordan & Snyder 1901)
Conger esculentus Poey 1861
Conger japonicus Bleeker 1879
Conger macrocephalus Kanazawa 1958
Conger marginatus Valenciennes 1850
Conger myriaster (Brevoort 1856)
Conger oceanicus (Mitchill 1818)
Conger oligoporus Kanazawa 1958
Conger orbignianus Valenciennes 1837
Conger philippinus Kanazawa 1958
Conger triporiceps Kanazawa 1958
Conger verreauxi Kaup 1856
Conger wilsoni (Bloch & Schneider 1801)
Acromycter
Ariosoma
Bassanago
Bathycongrus
Bathymyrus
Bathyuroconger
Blachea
Castleichthys
Chiloconger
Congrhynchus
Congriscus
Congrosoma
Diploconger
Gnathophis
Gorgasia
Heteroconger
Japonoconger
Kenyaconger
Lumiconger
Macrocephenchelys
Parabathymyrus
Paraconger
Poeciloconger
Promyllantor
Pseudophichthys
Rhynchoconger
Scalanago
Uroconger
Xenomystax

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Anguilliformes
Congridae
Conger Oken 1817 (this page)
Conger cinereus Rüppell 1830
Conger conger (Linnaeus 1758)
Conger erebennus (Jordan & Snyder 1901)
Conger esculentus Poey 1861
Conger japonicus Bleeker 1879
Conger macrocephalus Kanazawa 1958
Conger marginatus Valenciennes 1850
Conger myriaster (Brevoort 1856)
Conger oceanicus (Mitchill 1818)
Conger oligoporus Kanazawa 1958
Conger orbignianus Valenciennes 1837
Conger philippinus Kanazawa 1958
Conger triporiceps Kanazawa 1958
Conger verreauxi Kaup 1856
Conger wilsoni (Bloch & Schneider 1801)
Acromycter Smith & Kanazawa 1977
Ariosoma Swainson 1838
Bassanago Whitley 1948
Bathycongrus Ogilby 1898
Bathymyrus Alcock 1889
Bathyuroconger Fowler 1934
Blachea Karrer & Smith 1980
Bolcyrus Blot 1978
Castleichthys Smith 2004
Chiloconger Myers & Wade 1941
Congrhynchus Fowler 1934
Congridarum Kaup 1856
Congriscus Jordan & Hubbs 1925
Congrosoma Garman 1899
Diploconger Kotthaus 1968
Gnathophis Kaup 1860
Gorgasia Meek & Hildebrand 1923
Heteroconger Bleeker 1868
Japonoconger Asano 1958
Kenyaconger Smith & Karmovskaya 2003
Leptocephalichthys Bleeker 1856
Lumiconger Castle & Paxton 1984
Macrocephenchelys Fowler 1934
Parabathymyrus Kamohara 1938
Paraconger Kanazawa 1961
Paracongroides Blot 1978
Parbatmya Frizzell & Dante 1965
Poeciloconger Günther 1872
Promyllantor Alcock 1890
Pseudophichthys Roule 1915
Rhynchoconger Jordan & Hubbs 1925
Rostroconger Smith 2018
Scalanago Whitley 1935
Uroconger Kaup 1856
Voltaconger Blot 1978
Xenomystax Gilbert 1891

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Actinopterygii
Teleostei
Elopomorpha
Anguilliformes
Congroidei
Congridae
Congrinae
Conger Bosc 1817 (this page)
Conger cinereus Rüppell 1830
Conger conger (Linnaeus 1758)
Conger erebennus (Jordan & Snyder 1901)
Conger esculentus Poey 1861
Conger japonicus Bleeker 1879
Conger macrocephalus Kanazawa 1958
Conger myriaster (Brevoort 1856)
Conger oceanicus (Mitchill 1818)
Conger oligoporus Kanazawa 1958
Conger orbignianus Valenciennes 1842
Conger philippinus Kanazawa 1958
Conger triporiceps Kanazawa 1958
Conger verreauxi Kaup 1856
Acromycter Smith & Kanazawa 1977
Bassanago Whitley 1948
Bathycongrus Ogilby 1898
Bathyuroconger Fowler 1934
Blachea Karrer & Smith 1980
Congrhynchus Fowler 1934
Congriscus Jordan & Hubbs 1925
Congrosoma Garman 1899
Diploconger Kotthaus 1968
Gavialiceps Alcock 1889
Gnathophis Kaup 1860
Japonoconger Asano 1958
Lumiconger Castle & Paxton 1984
Macrocephenchelys Fowler 1934
Paruroconger Blache & Bauchot 1976
Promyllantor Alcock 1890
Pseudophichthys Roule 1915
Rhynchoconger Jordan & Hubbs 1925
Scalanago Whitley 1935
Uroconger Kaup 1856
Xenomystax Gilbert 1891

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Teleostomi
Euteleostomi
Actinopterygii
Actinopteri
Neopterygii
Teleostei
Elopocephalai
Elopocephala
Elopomorpha
Anguilliformes
Congridae
Congrinae
Conger (this page)
Conger cinereus
Conger conger
Conger erebennus
Conger japonicus
Conger myriaster
Conger oceanicus
Conger triporiceps
Conger verreauxi
Conger wilsoni
unclassified Conger
Acromycter
Bassanago
Bathycongrus
Bathyuroconger
Congriscus
Macrocephenchelys
Pseudophichthys
Pseudoxenomystax
Rhynchoconger
Uroconger
Xenomystax

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Olfactores
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Actinopterygii
Elopomorpha
Anguilliformes
Congridae
Conger (this page)
Conger acuticaudatus
Conger altipinnis
Conger anago
Conger anagoides
Conger analis
Conger auratus
Conger balearicus
Conger cassini
Conger ceramensis
Conger chilensis
Conger cinereus
Conger communis
Conger conger
Conger cylindroideus
Conger erebennus
Conger esculentus
Conger flavipinnatus
Conger guttulata
Conger haeckeli
Conger impressus
Conger incompositus
Conger japonicus
Conger jordani
Conger leptognathus
Conger lepturus
Conger macrocephalus
Conger macrops
Conger maldivensis
Conger marginatus
Conger microstoma
Conger monganius
Conger mordax
Conger multidens
Conger myriaster
Conger mystax
Conger niger
Conger oceanica
Conger oceanicus
Conger oligoporus
Conger opistophthalmus
Conger orbignianus
Conger philippinus
Conger punctus
Conger riukiuanus
Conger savanna
Conger talabon
Conger talabonoides
Conger triporiceps
Conger urolophus
Conger uropterus
Conger verreauxi
Conger verus
Conger vulgaris
Conger wilsoni
Alloconger
Ariosominae
Bathyconger
Bathymyrinae
Castleichthys
Congrina
Congrinae
Heterocongrinae
Maxwelliella
Nystactichthys
Ophisoma
Pseudoxenomystax
Rhechias
Thyreoconger

World Register of Marine Species

Animalia
Chordata
Teleostei
Anguilliformes
Congridae
Conger Bosc 1817 (this page)
Acromycter
Acromycter Smith & Kanazawa 1977
Ariosoma
Ariosoma Swainson 1838
Bassanago
Bassanago Whitley 1948
Bathycongrus
Bathycongrus Ogilby 1898
Bathymyrinae Böhlke 1949
Bathymyrus
Bathymyrus Alcock 1889
Bathyuroconger
Bathyuroconger Fowler 1934
Blachea
Blachea Karrer & Smith 1980
Castleichthys
Castleichthys Smith 2004
Chiloconger
Chiloconger Myers & Wade 1941
Conger
Congrhynchus
Congrhynchus Fowler 1934
Congrinae Kaup 1856
Congriscus
Congriscus Jordan & Hubbs 1925
Congrosoma
Congrosoma Garman 1899
Diploconger
Diploconger Kotthaus 1968
Gnathophis
Gnathophis Kaup 1859
Gorgasia
Gorgasia Meek & Hildebrand 1923
Heteroconger
Heteroconger Bleeker 1868
Heterocongrinae Günther 1870
Japonoconger
Japonoconger Asano 1958
Kenyaconger
Kenyaconger Smith & Karmovskaya 2003
Leptocephalus
Lumiconger
Lumiconger Castle & Paxton 1984
Macrocephenchelys
Macrocephenchelys Fowler 1934
Parabathymyrus
Parabathymyrus Kamohara 1938
Paraconger
Paraconger Kanazawa 1961
Poeciloconger Günther 1872
Promyllantor
Promyllantor Alcock 1890
Pseudophichthys
Pseudophichthys Roule 1915
Rhynchoconger
Rhynchoconger Jordan & Hubbs 1925
Rostroconger
Rostroconger Smith 2018
Scalanago
Scalanago Whitley 1935
Uroconger
Uroconger Kaup 1856
Xenomystax
Xenomystax Gilbert 1891
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