214 Species in Family Congridae
Nominal species list for Congridae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Acromycter alcocki (Gilbert & Cramer, 1897)
Acromycter atlanticus Smith, 1989
Acromycter longipectoralis Karmovskaya, 2004
Acromycter nezumi (Asano, 1958)
Acromycter perturbator (Parr, 1932)
Ariosoma anago (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) Silvery conger
Ariosoma anagoides (Bleeker, 1853) Sea conger
Ariosoma anale (Poey, 1860) Longtrunk conger
Ariosoma balearicum (Delaroche, 1809) Bandtooth conger
Ariosoma bauchotae Karrer, 1983
Ariosoma coquettei Smith & Kanazawa, 1977
Ariosoma dolichopterum Karmovskaya, 2015
Ariosoma emmae Smith & Ho, 2018 Emma's short-tail conger
Ariosoma fasciatum (Günther, 1872) Barred sand conger
Ariosoma gilberti (Ogilby, 1898) Gilbert's garden eel
Ariosoma gnanadossi Talwar & Mukherjee, 1977
Ariosoma hemiaspidus (Wade, 1946)
Ariosoma howensis (McCulloch & Waite, 1916) Lord Howe conger
Ariosoma kapala (Castle, 1990) Mottled conger
Ariosoma majus (Asano, 1958)
Ariosoma marginatum (Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875) Large-eye conger
Ariosoma mauritianum (Pappenheim, 1914) Blunt-tooth conger
Ariosoma meeki (Jordan & Snyder, 1900)
Ariosoma megalops Fowler, 1938
Ariosoma melanospilos Kodeeswaran, Jayakumar, Akash, Kumar & Lal, 2021 Four-spot short-tail conger
Ariosoma mellissii (Günther, 1870) Silver Eel
Ariosoma multivertebratum Karmovskaya, 2004
Ariosoma nigrimanum Norman, 1939
Ariosoma obud Herre, 1923
Ariosoma ophidiophthalmus Karmovskaya, 1991
Ariosoma opistophthalmum (Ranzani, 1839)
Ariosoma prorigerum (Gilbert, 1891) Slope conger
Ariosoma sanzoi (D'Ancona, 1928)
Ariosoma sazonovi Karmovskaya, 2004
Ariosoma scheelei (Strömman, 1896) Tropical conger
Ariosoma selenops Reid, 1934
Ariosoma sereti Karmovskaya, 2004
Ariosoma shiroanago (Asano, 1958)
Ariosoma sokotranum Karmovskaya, 1991
Bassanago albescens (Barnard, 1923) Hairy conger
Bassanago bulbiceps Whitley, 1948 Swollen-headed conger eel
Bassanago hirsutus (Castle, 1960) Deepsea conger
Bassanago nielseni (Karmovskaya, 1990)
Bathycongrus aequoreus (Gilbert & Cramer, 1897)
Bathycongrus albimarginatus Huang, Smith, Chang & Chen, 2018
Bathycongrus bertini (Poll, 1953)
Bathycongrus bimaculatus Smith & Ho, 2018
Bathycongrus bleekeri Fowler, 1934
Bathycongrus brunneus Huang, Ho & Chen, 2018
Bathycongrus bullisi (Smith & Kanazawa, 1977) Bullish conger
Bathycongrus castlei Smith & Ho, 2018
Bathycongrus dubius (Breder, 1927) Dubious conger
Bathycongrus graciliceps Smith & Ho, 2018
Bathycongrus guttulatus (Günther, 1887) Lined conger
Bathycongrus longicavis Karmovskaya, 2009
Bathycongrus macrocercus (Alcock, 1894)
Bathycongrus macrurus (Gilbert, 1891) Shorthead conger
Bathycongrus melanostomus Huang, Ho, Chen & Chan, 2022 Black mouth conger
Bathycongrus nasicus (Alcock, 1894)
Bathycongrus odontostomus (Fowler, 1934) Toothy conger
Bathycongrus parapolyporus Karmovskaya, 2009
Bathycongrus parviporus Karmovskaya, 2011
Bathycongrus polyporus (Smith & Kanazawa, 1977)
Bathycongrus retrotinctus (Jordan & Snyder, 1901) Blackedge conger
Bathycongrus thysanochilus (Reid, 1934) Conger eel
Bathycongrus trilineatus (Castle, 1964)
Bathycongrus trimaculatus Karmovskaya & Smith, 2008
Bathycongrus unimaculatus Karmovskaya, 2009
Bathycongrus varidens (Garman, 1899) Largehead conger
Bathycongrus vicinalis (Garman, 1899) Neighbor conger
Bathycongrus villosus Smith, Karmovskaya & da Silva, 2020
Bathycongrus wallacei (Castle, 1968) Longnose conger
Bathymyrus echinorhynchus Alcock, 1889
Bathymyrus simus Smith, 1965
Bathymyrus smithi Castle, 1968 Maputo conger
Bathyuroconger parvibranchialis (Fowler, 1934)
Bathyuroconger vicinus (Vaillant, 1888) Large-toothed conger
Blachea longicaudalis Karmovskaya, 2004
Blachea xenobranchialis Karrer & Smith, 1980 Frillgill conger
Castleichthys auritus Smith, 2004 Eared conger
Chiloconger dentatus (Garman, 1899) Shortsnout conger
Chiloconger philippinensis Smith & Karmovskaya, 2003
Conger cinereus Rüppell, 1830 Longfin African conger
Conger conger (Linnaeus, 1758) European conger
Conger erebennus (Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
Conger esculentus Poey, 1861 Grey conger
Conger japonicus Bleeker, 1879 Beach conger
Conger jordani Kanazawa, 1958
Conger macrocephalus Kanazawa, 1958
Conger marginatus Valenciennes, 1850 Hawaiian mustache conger
Conger monganius (Phillipps, 1932)
Conger myriaster (Brevoort, 1856) Whitespotted conger
Conger oceanicus (Mitchill, 1818) American conger
Conger oligoporus Kanazawa, 1958
Conger orbignianus Valenciennes, 1837 Argentine conger
Conger philippinus Kanazawa, 1958
Conger triporiceps Kanazawa, 1958 Manytooth conger
Conger verreauxi Kaup, 1856 Conger
Conger wilsoni (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Cape conger
Congrhynchus talabonoides Fowler, 1934
Congriscus maldivensis (Norman, 1939)
Congriscus marquesaensis Karmovskaya, 2004
Congriscus megastoma (Günther, 1877)
Congrosoma evermanni Garman, 1899 Evermann's conger
Diploconger polystigmatus Kotthaus, 1968 Headband conger
Gnathophis andriashevi Karmovskaya, 1990
Gnathophis asanoi Karmovskaya, 2004
Gnathophis bathytopos Smith & Kanazawa, 1977 Blackgut conger
Gnathophis bracheatopos Smith & Kanazawa, 1977 Longeye conger
Gnathophis capensis (Kaup, 1856) Southern conger
Gnathophis castlei Karmovskaya & Paxton, 2000 Castle's conger
Gnathophis cinctus (Garman, 1899) Hardtail conger
Gnathophis codoniphorus Maul, 1972
Gnathophis ginanago (Asano, 1958)
Gnathophis grahami Karmovskaya & Paxton, 2000 Graham's conger
Gnathophis habenatus (Richardson, 1848) Little conger eel
Gnathophis heterognathos (Bleeker, 1858)
Gnathophis heterolinea (Kotthaus, 1968)
Gnathophis leptosomatus Karrer, 1983
Gnathophis longicauda (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1888) Little conger
Gnathophis macroporis Karmovskaya & Paxton, 2000 Largepore conger
Gnathophis melanocoelus Karmovskaya & Paxton, 2000
Gnathophis microps Karmovskaya & Paxton, 2000 Smalleye conger
Gnathophis musteliceps (Alcock, 1894)
Gnathophis mystax (Delaroche, 1809) Thinlip conger
Gnathophis nasutus Karmovskaya & Paxton, 2000
Gnathophis neocaledoniensis Karmovskaya, 2004
Gnathophis nystromi (Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
Gnathophis parini Karmovskaya, 1990
Gnathophis smithi Karmovskaya, 1990
Gnathophis tritos Smith & Kanazawa, 1977
Gnathophis umbrellabius (Whitley, 1948) Umbrella conger
Gnathophis xenica (Matsubara & Ochiai, 1951)
Gorgasia barnesi Robison & Lancraft, 1984 Barnes' garden eel
Gorgasia cotroneii (D'Ancona, 1928)
Gorgasia galzini Castle & Randall, 1999 Speckled garden-eel
Gorgasia hawaiiensis Randall & Chess, 1980 Hawaiian garden eel
Gorgasia inferomaculata (Blache, 1977)
Gorgasia japonica Abe, Miki & Asai, 1977
Gorgasia klausewitzi Quéro & Saldanha, 1995 Klausewitz' garden eel
Gorgasia maculata Klausewitz & Eibl-Eibesfeldt, 1959 Whitespotted garden eel
Gorgasia naeocepaea (Böhlke, 1951) Freckled garden eel
Gorgasia preclara Böhlke & Randall, 1981 Splendid garden eel
Gorgasia punctata Meek & Hildebrand, 1923 Peppered garden eel
Gorgasia sillneri Klausewitz, 1962
Gorgasia taiwanensis Shao, 1990
Gorgasia thamani Greenfield & Niesz, 2004
Heteroconger balteatus Castle & Randall, 1999
Heteroconger camelopardalis (Lubbock, 1980)
Heteroconger canabus (Cowan & Rosenblatt, 1974) White-ring garden eel
Heteroconger chapmani (Herre, 1923)
Heteroconger cobra Böhlke & Randall, 1981 Garden eel
Heteroconger congroides (D'Ancona, 1928)
Heteroconger digueti (Pellegrin, 1923) Cortez garden eel
Heteroconger enigmaticus Castle & Randall, 1999 Enigma garden eel
Heteroconger fugax Koeda, Fujii & Motomura, 2018 Shy garden eel
Heteroconger guttatus Allen, Erdmann & Mongdong, 2020 Spotted garden eel
Heteroconger hassi (Klausewitz & Eibl-Eibesfeldt, 1959) Spotted garden-eel
Heteroconger klausewitzi (Eibl-Eibesfeldt & Köster, 1983) Galapagos garden eel
Heteroconger lentiginosus Böhlke & Randall, 1981 Masked garden eel
Heteroconger longissimus Günther, 1870 Brown garden eel
Heteroconger luteolus Smith, 1989 Yellow garden eel
Heteroconger mercyae Allen & Erdmann, 2009 Mercy's garden eel
Heteroconger obscurus (Klausewitz & Eibl-Eibesfeldt, 1959) Obscure garden eel
Heteroconger pellegrini Castle, 1999 Speckled garden eel
Heteroconger perissodon Böhlke & Randall, 1981 Black garden eel
Heteroconger polyzona Bleeker, 1868 Zebra garden eel
Heteroconger taylori Castle & Randall, 1995 Taylor's garden eel
Heteroconger tomberua Castle & Randall, 1999
Heteroconger tricia Castle & Randall, 1999 Tricia's garden eel
Japonoconger africanus (Poll, 1953)
Japonoconger caribbeus Smith & Kanazawa, 1977
Japonoconger sivicolus (Matsubara & Ochiai, 1951)
Kenyaconger heemstrai Smith & Karmovskaya, 2003
Lumiconger arafura Castle & Paxton, 1984 Luminous conger
Macrocephenchelys brachialis Fowler, 1934
Macrocephenchelys brevirostris (Chen & Weng, 1967) Rubbernose conger
Macrocephenchelys nigriventris Lin, Shao & Smith, 2018
Macrocephenchelys soela Castle, 1990
Macrocephenchelys sumodi Kodeeswaran, Smith, Kumar & Sarkar, 2023
Parabathymyrus brachyrhynchus (Fowler, 1934)
Parabathymyrus fijiensis Karmovskaya, 2004
Parabathymyrus karrerae Karmovskaya, 1991
Parabathymyrus macrophthalmus Kamohara, 1938
Parabathymyrus oregoni Smith & Kanazawa, 1977 Flapnose conger
Parabathymyrus philippinensis Ho, Smith & Shao, 2015
Paraconger californiensis Kanazawa, 1961 Ringeye conger
Paraconger caudilimbatus (Poey, 1867) Margintail conger
Paraconger guianensis Kanazawa, 1961
Paraconger macrops (Günther, 1870) Blackspot conger
Paraconger notialis Kanazawa, 1961 Guinean conger
Paraconger ophichthys (Garman, 1899)
Paraconger similis (Wade, 1946) Shorttail conger
Promyllantor adenensis (Klausewitz, 1991)
Promyllantor atlanticus Karmovskaya, 2006
Promyllantor purpureus Alcock, 1890
Pseudophichthys splendens (Lea, 1913) Purplemouthed conger
Rhynchoconger ectenurus (Jordan & Richardson, 1909)
Rhynchoconger flavus (Goode & Bean, 1896) Yellow conger
Rhynchoconger gracilior (Ginsburg, 1951) Whiptail conger
Rhynchoconger guppyi (Norman, 1925)
Rhynchoconger nitens (Jordan & Bollman, 1890) Bignose conger
Rhynchoconger squaliceps (Alcock, 1894)
Rhynchoconger trewavasae Ben-Tuvia, 1993
Scalanago lateralis Whitley, 1935 Ladder eel
Uroconger drachi (Blache & Bauchot, 1976)
Uroconger erythraeus Castle, 1982
Uroconger lepturus (Richardson, 1845) Slender conger
Uroconger syringinus Ginsburg, 1954 Threadtail conger
Xenomystax atrarius Gilbert, 1891 Deepwater conger
Xenomystax austrinus Smith & Kanazawa, 1989
Xenomystax bidentatus (Reid, 1940)
Xenomystax congroides Smith & Kanazawa, 1989 Bristletooth conger
Xenomystax trucidans Alcock, 1894
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