Coral Reef Conger
Conger oligoporus
- Usual depth2–224 m
- Water temperature24–26 °C
- Best monthsMay and October
- How commonRare
About this species
Conger oligoporus is an eel in the family Congridae. It was described by Robert H. Kanazawa in 1958. It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from Hawaii and Guam, in the eastern central and western central Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 2–507 metres, and leads a benthic lifestyle, inhabiting crevices of hard substrata. It feeds predominantly on finfish.
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Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 1 records
- April: 1 records
- May: 4 records
- June: 1 records
- July: 1 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 3 records
- November: 2 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 2–224 m · Deepest record: 507 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 24–26 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Coral Reef Conger
Similar species
CongerConger conger
Longfin African congerConger cinereus
Whitespotted congerConger myriaster
CongerConger verreauxi
Cape congerConger wilsoni
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).
- 17 open-data records from 1951 to 2011.
- Species data updated November 1, 2026.
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