Conger (Conger verreauxi)

Scientific name: Conger verreauxi Kaup, 1856

Conger (Conger verreauxi)

The Conger (Conger verreauxi) is a marine fish of the family Congridae. Native range: Eastern Indian Ocean, southern Australia, from Western Australia to New South Wales. Southwest Pacific: New Zealand.

Species facts

Scientific name
Conger verreauxi
Family
Congridae (Conger and garden eels)
Order
Anguilliformes (Eels and Morays)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
200
Common length
125
Environment
Marine; reef-associated
Climate
Temperate
Distribution
Eastern Indian Ocean: southern Australia, from Western Australia to New South Wales. Southwest Pacific: New Zealand.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least Concern (LC)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: commercial
Resilience
Very Low, minimum population doubling time more than 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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