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The Diversity of Aquatic
Life Series
The Conger
& Garden Eels, Family
Congridae
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By Bob Fenner
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Conger triporiceps
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Three families, 32 genera of about 150 species. The smaller Garden
Eels are current "darlings" of many public aquariums... who
have the size systems (large), depth of soft substrate (deep), culture
facilities for live zooplankton food and filtration, personnel to fight
the effects of over-feeding.
| Conger cinereus Ruppell 1830, the Mustache
Conger. Indo-Pacific. To four feet in length. Found in holes in
rocky caves near the bottom. Looks like a sea monster, but is a
gentle giant. Hawaii pic during the day. |
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| Conger triporiceps Kanazawa 1958, the
Many-tooth Conger. Western Atlantic; Florida to Brazil. To a meter
in length. Found in association with rocky, coral bottoms. Bahamas
pic at night. |
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| Gorgasia preclara Bohlke & Randall
1981, the Splendid Garden Eel. To 40 cm. Indo-West Pacific:
Maldives to Papua New Guinea; south to the Ryukyus; north through
the Philippines to the Coral Sea. Aq. pic http://fishbase.org/summary/Species
Summary.php?id=12704 |
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Bigger PIX:
The images in this table are linked
to large (desktop size) copies. Click on "framed" images
to go to the larger size. |
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| Heteroconger longissimus Gunther 1870,
Garden Eels. Tropical Eastern and Western Atlantic. To 51 cm. Found
living in colonies near reefs in the sand in which they burrow,
retreat. Feed on plankton and detritus. |
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| Poeciloconger fasciatus Barred Sand Conger.
Madagascar to Hawaii, Fr. Polynesia. Here in Bali 2014, TiffB pic. |
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| Taenioconger digueti (Pellegrin 1923), Pale
Green Eel. Eastern Central Pacific; Sea of Cortez to Jalisco,
Mexico. To 63 cm., Live in the sand in large colonies. feeding on
suspended zooplankton. Birch Aquarium photo. |
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