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Yellow Conger
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Other fish (coast and sea)

Yellow Conger

Rhynchoconger flavus (Goode & Bean, 1896)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishYellow Conger
Dutch—
SpanishCongrio amarillo
Chinese—
Scientific nameRhynchoconger flavus (Goode & Bean, 1896)

About this species

The yellow conger (Rhynchoconger flavus) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by George Brown Goode and Tarleton Hoffman Bean in 1896. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Gulf of Mexico and the mouth of the Amazon River, in the western Atlantic Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 26 to 183 meters (85 to 600 ft), and inhabits soft sediments. Males can reach a maximum total length of 150 centimeters (59 in), but more commonly reach a TL of 30 centimeters (12 in).

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
OrderAnguilliformes
FamilyCongridae
GenusRhynchoconger

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