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Longfin African conger
Conger cinereus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Longfin African conger
- Scientific
- Conger cinereus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Eels
- Maximum size
- Up to about 1.4 m (total length); commonly 50 cm
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 0 to 80 m; also enters brackish water
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2011
Description
A large conger eel, brownish grey with a yellowish belly and fins, the dorsal and anal fins edged in black; at night it takes on a pattern of broad dark bars. It lives on reef flats, in seagrass and on lagoon reefs, and forages for fish and crustaceans after dark. It reaches about 1.4 m.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Conger-cinereus.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Conger_cinereus,_de_nuit.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.