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This article is about the genus of eel. For other uses, see Conger (disambiguation). For the Cuban music genre and ensemble, see Conga (music).
Conger (/ˈkɒŋɡər/ KONG-gər) is a genus of marine congrid eels.[2] It includes some of the largest types of eels, ranging up to 2 m (6 ft) or more in length,[3] in the case of the European conger. Large congers have often been observed by divers during the day in parts of the Mediterranean Sea, and both European and American congers are sometimes caught by fishermen along the European and North American Atlantic coasts.


The life histories of most conger eels are poorly known. Based on collections of their small leptocephalus larvae, the American conger eel has been found to spawn in the southwestern Sargasso Sea, close to the spawning areas of the Atlantic freshwater eels.

"Conger" or "conger eel" is sometimes included in the common names of species of the family Congridae, including members of this genus.

Species
Conger cinereus Rüppell, 1830 (longfin African conger)
Conger conger (Linnaeus, 1758) (European conger)
Conger erebennus (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
Conger esculentus Poey, 1861 (grey conger)
Conger macrocephalus Robert H. Kanazawa, 1958
Conger marginatus Valenciennes, 1850 (Hawaiian Mustache Conger)
Conger myriaster (Brevoort, 1856) (whitespotted conger)
Conger oceanicus (Mitchill, 1818) (American conger)
Conger oligoporus Kanazawa, 1958
Conger orbignianus Valenciennes, 1842 (Argentine conger)
Conger philippinus Kanazawa, 1958
Conger triporiceps Kanazawa, 1958 (manytooth conger)
Conger verreauxi Kaup, 1856 (southern conger)
Conger wilsoni (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (Cape conger)
Formerly Included Species Edit
Conger anagoides Bleeker, 1853 (sea conger) - now Ariosoma anagoides
Conger auratus Costa, 1844 (bandtooth conger) - now Ariosoma balearicum
Fishing
Fishing for congers is recorded in the 12th-century; the Norman taxation Pipe Roll recorded two éperquerie on Guernsey and one on Sark which were designated places where conger were dried.

One species of the conger eel, Conger myriaster, is an important food fish in East Asia. It is often served as sushi.

Behaviour
Congers are predators and can attack humans. In July, 2013, a diver was attacked by a conger eel in Killary Harbour, Ireland, at a depth of 25 metres (82 ft). The eel bit a large chunk from his face. The diver reported the creature was more than 1.8 metres (5 ft 11 in) in length and "about the width of a human thigh"

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Tide pools or rock pools are shallow pools of seawater that form on the rocky intertidal shore. Many of these pools exist as separate bodies of water only at low tide.


The site of a tide pool in Santa Cruz, California showing sea stars, sea anemones, and sea sponges.

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Many tide pools are habitats of especially adaptable animals that have engaged the attention of naturalists and marine biologists, as well as philosophical essayists: John Steinbeck wrote in The Log from the Sea of Cortez, "It is advisable to look from the tide pool to the stars and then back to the tide pool."