Darkfin Conger
Ariosoma anago
- Usual depth15–300 m
- Water temperature16–29 °C
- Best monthsJune and July
- How commonRare
About this species
The silvery conger also known as the sea conger, the darkfin conger, the dark-finned conger-eel, or simply the conger eel, is an eel in the family Congridae. It was described by Coenraad Jacob Temminck and Hermann Schlegel in 1846, originally under the genus Conger. It is a tropical, marine eel which is known to dwell in sandy and muddy bottoms on coasts in the Indo-west Pacific. Males can reach a maximum total length of 60 centimetres (24 in).
Text from the Wikipedia article “Silvery conger”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 2 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 4 records
- April: 3 records
- May: 4 records
- June: 6 records
- July: 8 records
- August: 3 records
- September: 1 records
- October: 2 records
- November: 1 records
- December: 1 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 15–300 m · Deepest record: 320 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 16–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Darkfin Conger, Dark-finned Conger-eel, Sea conger, Silvery conger
Names in 4 more languages
- French
- Congre de sable argenté
- Japanese
- Hanaanago, ハナアナゴ
- Korean
- 꾀붕장어
- Simplified Chinese
- 沙鰻, 海鰻, 白錐體糯鰻, 白鰻, 穴子鰻, 穴美體鰻(齊頭鰻), 糯米鰻, 臭腥鰻
Other scientific names: Anago anago, Ariosome anago, Conger anago
Similar species
- Bandtooth conger
Ariosoma balearicum
- Big-eye Conger
Ariosoma anagoides
- Lord Howe Conger
Ariosoma howense
- Mottled Conger
Ariosoma kapala
- Large-eye Conger
Ariosoma marginatum
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 86 open-data records from 1846 to 2014.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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