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Guayana Pike-conger
François-Louis Laporte, comte de Castelnau, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Other fish (coast and sea)

Guayana Pike-conger

Cynoponticus savanna (Bancroft, 1831)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishGuayana Pike-conger
Dutch—
SpanishMorena Arenera
Chinese—
Scientific nameCynoponticus savanna (Bancroft, 1831)

About this species

Cynoponticus savanna,, the Guayana pike-conger, pike-headed eel or sapphire eel, is an eel in the family Muraenesocidae (pike congers). It was described by Edward Nathaniel Bancroft in 1831, originally under the genus Conger. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the western Atlantic Ocean, including Central America, the Caribbean and Brazil. It dwells at a maximum depth of 100 metres (330 ft), and inhabits muddy substrates in bays and estuaries. Males can reach a maximum total length of 150 centimetres (59 in), but more commonly reach a TL of 50 centimetres (20 in).

The Guayana pike-conger's diet consists of zoobenthos. It is of minor commercial use to fisheries, and is marketed fresh.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
OrderAnguilliformes
FamilyMuraenesocidae
GenusCynoponticus