Indian pike conger

Congresox talabonoides

Two Hundred Fifty Centimeters Eel of Indo West Pacific

Tropical
Regional distribution
Pacific Ocean
East Asia
Southeast Asia
Anguilliform
Large
Tropical fish

Congresox talabonoides, the Indian pike conger, common eel, conger-pike eel, daggertooth pike-conger or Indian putyekanipa, is an eel in the family Muraenesocidae (pike congers). It was described by Pieter Bleeker in 1853. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Indo-Western Pacific, including Somalia, India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, the Philippines, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Muraenesocidae
Genus: Congresox
Maximum length: 250 cm
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: From the Red Sea to Java and Sulawesi (Ref. 9830 ) north to the Philippines, Hong Kong and Taiwan (7238).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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