Slender Conger
Uroconger lepturus
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Fish
The slender conger is an eel in the family Congridae. It was described by John Richardson in 1845, originally under the genus Congrus. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Indo-Western Pacific Ocean, including the Red Sea, South Africa, and Japan. It dwells at a depth range of 18 to 760 metres, and inhabits sand and mud. Males can reach a maximum total length of 52 centimetres (20 in), but more commonly reach a TL of 30 centimetres (12 in).
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Anguilliformes
- Family
- Congridae
- Genus
- Uroconger