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Cape conger
Conger wilsoni
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Cape conger
- Scientific
- Conger wilsoni
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Eels
- Maximum size
- Up to about 1.5 m (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 0 to 30 m; also enters brackish water
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2011
Description
A large conger eel, brownish grey above and creamy white below with dusky-edged fins, reaching about 1.5 m. It lives on rocky reefs in shallow coastal water.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Conger-wilsoni.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Conger_wilsoni_(Bloch_and_Schneider,_1801)_(AM_MA33136-1).j
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.