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Congridae Kaup, 1856

114592  (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:114592)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Actinopterygii (Class)
  6. Anguilliformes (Order)
  7. Congridae (Family)
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  1. Genus Acromycter Smith & Kanazawa, 1977
  2. Genus Alaconger Schwarzhans, 2010 †
  3. Genus Ariosoma Swainson, 1838
  4. Genus Bassanago Whitley, 1948
  5. Genus Bathycongrus Ogilby, 1898
  6. Genus Bathymyrus Alcock, 1889
  7. Genus Bathyuroconger Fowler, 1934
  8. Genus Bavariconger Schwarzhans, 2010 †
  9. Genus Blachea Karrer & Smith, 1980
  10. Genus Castleichthys Smith, 2004
  11. Genus Chiloconger Myers & Wade, 1941
  12. Genus Conger Bosc, 1817
  13. Genus Congrhynchus Fowler, 1934
  14. Genus Congriscus Jordan & Hubbs, 1925
  15. Genus Congrophichthus Schwarzhans & Stringer, 2020 †
  16. Genus Congrosoma Garman, 1899
  17. Genus Diploconger Kotthaus, 1968
  18. Genus Gnathophis Kaup, 1859
  19. Genus Gorgasia Meek & Hildebrand, 1923
  20. Genus Heteroconger Bleeker, 1868
  21. Genus Japonoconger Asano, 1958
  22. Genus Kenyaconger Smith & Karmovskaya, 2003
  23. Genus Leptocephalichthys Bleeker, 1856
  24. Genus Lumiconger Castle & Paxton, 1984
  25. Genus Macrocephenchelys Fowler, 1934
  26. Genus Maxwelliella Schwarzhans, 1980 †
  27. Genus Notoconger Schwarzhans, 2019 †
  28. Genus Parabathymyrus Kamohara, 1938
  29. Genus Paraconger Kanazawa, 1961
  30. Genus Poeciloconger Günther, 1872
  31. Genus Promyllantor Alcock, 1890
  32. Genus Protanago Schwarzhans, Stringer & Takeuchi, 2024 †
  33. Genus Pseudophichthys Roule, 1915
  34. Genus Rhynchoconger Jordan & Hubbs, 1925
  35. Genus Rostroconger Smith, 2018
  36. Genus Scalanago Whitley, 1935
  37. Genus Smithconger Carnevale, Schwarzhans, Schrøder & Lindow, 2024 †
  38. Genus Tonganago Schwarzhans, Lee & Gard, 2017 †
  39. Genus Uroconger Kaup, 1856
  40. Genus Xenomystax Gilbert, 1891
  41. Genus Alloconger Jordan & Hubbs, 1925 accepted as Ariosoma Swainson, 1838
  42. Genus Anago Jordan & Hubbs, 1925 accepted as Ariosoma Swainson, 1838
  43. Genus Ariosome accepted as Ariosoma Swainson, 1838 (misspelling)
  44. Genus Arisoma accepted as Ariosoma Swainson, 1838 (misspelling)
  45. Genus Astroconger Jordan & Hubbs, 1925 accepted as Conger Bosc, 1817
  46. Genus Atopichthys Garman, 1899 accepted as Albula Scopoli, 1777
  47. Genus Bassinago accepted as Bassanago Whitley, 1948 (misspelling)
  48. Genus Bathycongrellus Klausewitz, 1991 accepted as Promyllantor Alcock, 1890
  49. Genus Conger Walbaum, 1792 accepted as Conger Bosc, 1817
  50. Genus Conger Klein, 1775 accepted as Conger Bosc, 1817 (synonym)
  51. Genus Conger Houttuyn, 1764 accepted as Conger Bosc, 1817
  52. Genus Conger Schaeffer, 1760 accepted as Conger Bosc, 1817
  53. Genus Conger Oken, 1817 (ex Cuvier) accepted as Conger Bosc, 1817 (synonym)
  54. Genus Congermuraena Kaup, 1856 accepted as Ariosoma Swainson, 1838
  55. Genus Congerodon Kaup, 1856 accepted as Uroconger Kaup, 1856
  56. Genus Congrellus Ogilby, 1898 accepted as Ariosoma Swainson, 1838
  57. Genus Congrina Jordan & Hubbs, 1925 accepted as Bathycongrus Ogilby, 1898
  58. Genus Congromuraena Günther, 1870 accepted as Congermuraena Kaup, 1856 accepted as Ariosoma Swainson, 1838 (unjustified emendation)
  59. Genus Congrus Richardson, 1845 accepted as Conger Bosc, 1817
  60. Genus Diaphanichthys Peters, 1864 accepted as Ariosoma Swainson, 1838
  61. Genus Euleptocephalus Strömman, 1896 accepted as Gnathophis Kaup, 1859
  62. Genus Fimbriceps Whitley, 1946 accepted as Gnathophis Kaup, 1859
  63. Genus Forskalichthys Whitley, 1935 accepted as Conger Bosc, 1817
  64. Genus Gnathopsis accepted as Gnathophis Kaup, 1859
  65. Genus Gnatophis accepted as Gnathophis Kaup, 1859 (misspelling)
  66. Genus Helmichthys Costa, 1844 accepted as Ariosoma Swainson, 1838
  67. Genus Helmictis Rafinesque, 1810 accepted as Conger Bosc, 1817
  68. Genus Helminctis Bonaparte, 1841 accepted as Conger Bosc, 1817
  69. Genus Helminthichthys Agassiz, 1846 accepted as Conger Bosc, 1817
  70. Genus Helminthichthys Agassiz, 1846 [2] accepted as Conger Bosc, 1817
  71. Genus Hildebrandia Jordan & Evermann, 1927 accepted as Rhynchoconger Jordan & Hubbs, 1925 (synonym)
  72. Genus Isognatha Gill, 1861 accepted as Conger Bosc, 1817
  73. Genus Lemkea Kotthaus, 1968 accepted as Gnathophis Kaup, 1859
  74. Genus Leptocephalus Cuvier, 1798
  75. Genus Leptocephalus Gmelin, 1789
  76. Genus Leptocephalus Gronow, 1763 (Not available, published in a rejected work on Official Index (Opinion 261))
  77. Genus Leptocephalus Scopoli, 1777 accepted as Conger Bosc, 1817 (unaccepted > unavailable name, suppressed for purposes of priority but not homonymy (Opinion 93))
  78. Genus Microcephalocongrus Fowler, 1934 accepted as Bathycongrus Ogilby, 1898
  79. Genus Microconger Fowler, 1912 accepted as Conger Bosc, 1817
  80. Genus Morris Berkenhout, 1789 accepted as Conger Bosc, 1817
  81. Genus Nesocongrus Whitley, 1935 accepted as Ariosoma Swainson, 1838
  82. Genus Nystactes Böhlke, 1957 accepted as Heteroconger Bleeker, 1868
  83. Genus Nystactichthys Böhlke, 1958 accepted as Heteroconger Bleeker, 1868
  84. Genus Nystatichthys accepted as Nystactichthys Böhlke, 1958 accepted as Heteroconger Bleeker, 1868 (misspelling)
  85. Genus Ophiosoma Agassiz, 1846 accepted as Ophisoma Swainson, 1839 accepted as Ariosoma Swainson, 1838 (misspelling)
  86. Genus Ophisoma Swainson, 1839 accepted as Ariosoma Swainson, 1838 (synonym)
  87. Genus Paraxenomystax Reid, 1940 accepted as Xenomystax Gilbert, 1891 (synonym)
  88. Genus Paruroconger Blache & Bauchot, 1976 accepted as Uroconger Kaup, 1856 (synonym)
  89. Genus Poutawa Griffin, 1936 accepted as Gnathophis Kaup, 1859
  90. Genus Pseudophichthyes accepted as Pseudophichthys Roule, 1915
  91. Genus Pseudoxenomystax Breder, 1927 accepted as Bathycongrus Ogilby, 1898 (synonym)
  92. Genus Rhechias Jordan, 1921 accepted as Bathycongrus Ogilby, 1898 (synonym)
  93. Genus Rhynchocymba Jordan & Hubbs, 1925 accepted as Gnathophis Kaup, 1859
  94. Genus Silvesterina Fowler, 1934 accepted as Bathyuroconger Fowler, 1934
  95. Genus Taenioconger Herre, 1923 accepted as Heteroconger Bleeker, 1868
  96. Genus Thyreoconger Wade, 1946 accepted as Ariosoma Swainson, 1838
  97. Genus Uranoconger Fowler, 1934 accepted as Bathycongrus Ogilby, 1898
  98. Genus Veternio Snyder, 1904 accepted as Conger Bosc, 1817
  99. Genus Xarifania Klausewitz & Eibl-Eibesfeldt, 1959 accepted as Heteroconger Bleeker, 1868
  100. Genus Congridarum † (uncertain, unassessed)
  101. Genus Oxyurus Rafinesque, 1810 (uncertain, unassessed)
  102. Genus Parbatmya Frizzell & Dante, 1965 † (uncertain, unassessed)
marine
recent + fossil
Not documented
IRMNG (2023). Congridae Kaup, 1856. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=114592 on 2026-01-20
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2006-09-19 22:00:00Z
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Rees, Tony
2011-12-31 23:00:00Z
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Rees, Tony
2023-05-20 14:33:10Z
changed
Girard, Jean-Sébastien

basis of record Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. [details] 

additional source Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] 

current name source Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 

extant flag source Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. [details] 

habitat flag source FishBase [details] 
Unreviewed
Classification Eukaryota (Superkingdom) > Animalia (Kingdom) > Eumetazoa (Subkingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Osteichthyes (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Anguilliformes (Order) > Congridae (Family) [details]

Descriptive info From FishBase: Brackish + Marine. FishBase flag: All Marine. [details]
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