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Congridae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Anguilliformes
family
Congridae

Name

Synonyms
Macrocephenchelyidae
Homonyms
Congridae
Common names
Conger Eel in English
Conger Eels in English
Conger and garden eels in English
Congers in English
Congers and Garden Eels in English
Congridae in Vietnamese
Congros e enguias-de-jardim in Portuguese
Còngrids in Catalan–Valencian
Gronghi e anguille giardino in Italian
Havålefamilien in Danish
Havålefamilien in Danish
Jūraszušu in Latvian
Meeraale in German
conger eel in English
conger eels in English
conger eels in English
conger eels in English
congeralen in Dutch
congers in English
congers in English
congres in French
congres in French
congrios in Spanish
congrios in Spanish
garden eels in English
havsålar in Swedish
havsålfiskar in Swedish
havålfamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
kongerowate in Polish
meriankeriaat in Finnish
meriankeriaat in Finnish
úhořovcovití in Czech
Μουγγριές in Greek, Modern (1453-)
Конгеровые in Russian
Конгерові in Ukrainian
Морские угри in Russian
アナゴ in Japanese
アナゴ科 in Japanese
糯鰻科 in Chinese
糯鰻科(康吉鰻科) in Chinese
붕장어과 in Korean
Conger eels in English
havsålfiskar in Swedish
havålfamilien in Nynorsk, Norwegian
havålfamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
アナゴ科 in Japanese
Garden Eels in English
conger eels in English
conger eels in English
garden eels in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  2. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
  3. Eschmeyer, Fricke & van der Laan (2012) Family Group Names of Fishes (Draft 2, 2 Oct. 2012).
  4. FishBase
  5. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026.
  6. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026.
  7. Gärdenfors, Hall, Hallingbäck, Hansson & Hedström (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj.
  8. Kullander, Nyman, Jilg & Delling (2012) Nationalnyckeln till Sveriges flora och fauna. Ryggsträngsdjur: Strålfeniga fiskar. Chordata: Actinopterygii
  9. Moore, Jon A., Karsten E. Hartel, James E. Craddock, and John K. Galbraith, 2003: An annotated list of deepwater fishes from off the New England region, with new area records. Northeastern Naturalist, vol. 10, no. 2. 159-248.
  10. Nelson, Joseph S., 1994: null. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. xvii + 600.
  11. Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds., 2004: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29. ix + 386.
  12. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  13. Shiino, Sueo M., 1976: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. 262.
  14. Smith, D. G. / Carpenter, Kent E., and Volker H. Niem, eds., 1999: Congridae: Conger eels. FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes: The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific, vol. 3: Batoid fishes, chimaeras and Bony fishes, part 1 (Elopidae to Linophrynidae). 1680-1687.
  15. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
  16. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
  17. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
  18. van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374
  19. van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374
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