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Grey Conger
Conger esculentus
The grey conger (Conger esculentus), also known as the Antillean conger or simply the conger eel, is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by Felipe Poey in 1861. It is a tropical and subtropical, marine eel which is known from the western central Atlantic Ocean, including Cuba, Jamaica, and throughout northern South America. It dwells at a depth range of 120-400 metres, and leads a benthic lifestyle, inhabiting coral reefs and...
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 131404.