- Southern conger
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Southern conger Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Anguilliformes Family: Congridae Genus: Conger Species: C. verreauxi Binomial name Conger verreauxi
Kaup, 1856The Southern conger, Conger verreauxi, is a conger of the family Congridae, found in the eastern Indian Ocean and south west Pacific Ocean, including southern Australia and New Zealand, at depths down to 100 m in broken rocky reef areas. Length is up to 2 m and weight may be up to 50 kg.
References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Conger verreauxi" 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
Categories:- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Conger
- Fish of Australia
- Fish of Oceania
- Fish of the Pacific Ocean
- Fish of the Indian Ocean
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