Cape conger

Conger wilsoni

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth8–498 m
Water temperature11–29 °C
Best monthsJanuary, February, and May
How commonOccasional

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Photo credit: (c) Thomas Mesaglio, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

About this species

The Cape conger is a conger of the family Congridae, found in the Indo-Pacific region. Its length is up to 1 m.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Cape 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: 56 records
February: 75 records
March: 27 records
April: 28 records
May: 51 records
June: 18 records
July: 26 records
August: 28 records
September: 29 records
October: 39 records
November: 9 records
December: 7 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 8–498 m · Deepest record: 940 m

0–10 m: 27 records
10–20 m: 6 records
20–30 m: 23 records
30–40 m: 9 records
40–50 m: 1 records
50–60 m: 1 records
60–70 m: 1 records
70–80 m: 2 records
80–90 m: 1 records
90–100 m: 4 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 118 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 11–29 °C

10–12 °C: 1 records
12–14 °C: 1 records
14–16 °C: 5 records
16–18 °C: 141 records
18–20 °C: 86 records
20–22 °C: 79 records
22–24 °C: 40 records
24–26 °C: 10 records
26–28 °C: 4 records
28–30 °C: 5 records

Photos

Names and classification

English: Cape conger, Common Conger, Common Conger-eel, Conger Eel, Eastern Conger, European Conger Eel, Moray, Northern Conger, Short-finned Conger-eel, Short-finned Conger Eel, Wilson's Conger Eel

Names in 1 more languages

Spanish: Congrio, Congrio de Wilson, Congro

Other scientific names: Gymnothorax wilsoni, Leptocephalus wilsoni

Similar species

Conger
Conger conger
Longfin African conger
Conger cinereus
Whitespotted conger
Conger myriaster
Conger
Conger verreauxi
Conger marginatus
Formosa Conger
Conger erebennus

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).
383 open-data records from 1944 to 2013.
Species data updated November 1, 2026.

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