Cape conger

The Cape conger (Conger wilsoni) is a conger of the family Congridae, found in the Indo-Pacific region. Its length is up to 1 m.

Cape conger
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae
Genus: Conger
Species:
C. wilsoni
Binomial name
Conger wilsoni
(Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801)
Synonyms
  • Conger conger (non Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Gymnothorax wilsoni Bloch & Schneider, 1801
  • Leptocephalus wilsoni (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

References
    • Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Conger wilsoni" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
    • Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
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