margintail conger

Paraconger caudilimbatus

Fish Reaching Fifty One Centimeters in Mexican Waters

Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Central America and the Caribbean
North America
South America
Anguilliform
Large
Tropical fish

The margintail conger (Paraconger caudilimbatus) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by Felipe Poey in 1867, originally under the genus Echelus. It is a subtropical, marine eel which is known from the western Atlantic Ocean, including the United States (North Carolina and Florida), Bahamas, the Gulf of Mexico, Cuba, Venezuela, and Colombia.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Congridae
Genus: Paraconger
Maximum length: 51 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Western Atlantic: North Carolina and Florida, USA; Bahamas, Gulf of Mexico, and Cuba; Venezuela and probably Colombia (Ref. 5217 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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