FAMILY Congridae Kaup, 1856 - conger eels SUBFAMILY Congrinae Kaup, 1856 - conger eels [=Atteridi, Ophioides, Leptocephalini, Congeridae, Macrocephenchelyidae, Scalanogoinae, Urocongrinae] GENUS Acromycter Smith & Kanazawa, 1977 - conger eels Species Acromycter alcocki (Gilbert & Cramer, 1897) - Alcock's congrid eel Species Acromycter atlanticus Smith, 1989 - Atlantic conger eel Species Acromycter longipectoralis Karmovskaya, 2004 - longfinned conger eel Species Acromycter nezumi (Asano, 1958) - Nezumi's conger eel Species Acromycter perturbator (Parr, 1932) - perturbator conger eel GENUS Bassanago Whitley, 1948 - conger eels Species Bassanago albescens (Barnard, 1923) - hairy conger Species Bassanago bulbiceps Whitley, 1948 - swollen-headed conger eel Species Bassanago hirsutus (Castle, 1960) - deepsea conger Species Bassanago nielseni (Karmovskaya, 1990) - Nielsen's conger eel GENUS Bathycongrus Ogilby, 1898 - conger eels [=Congrina, Microcephalocongrus, Pseudoxenomystax, Rhechias, Uranoconger] Species Bathycongrus aequoreus (Gilbert & Cramer, 1897) - Kaiwi bathycongrus [=armiger] Species Bathycongrus bertini (Poll, 1953) - Poll's conger Species Bathycongrus bleekeri Fowler, 1934 - Bleeker's bathycongrus Species Bathycongrus bullisi (Smith & Kanazawa, 1977) - bullish conger Species Bathycongrus dubius (Breder, 1927) - dubius conger Species Bathycongrus guttulatus (Günther, 1887) - lined conger [=roosendaali, stimpsoni] Species Bathycongrus longicavis Karmovskaya, 2009 - Vanuatu conger Species Bathycongrus macrocercus (Alcock, 1894) - Andaman conger [=longicauda] Species Bathycongrus macrurus (Gilbert, 1891) - shorthead conger [=falcidens] Species Bathycongrus nasicus (Alcock, 1894) - Bengal bathycongrus Species Bathycongrus odontostomus (Fowler, 1934) - toothy conger Species Bathycongrus parapolyporus Karmovskaya, 2009 - Lakeba bathycongrus Species Bathycongrus parviporus Karmovskaya, 2011 - Vietnamese bay bathycongrus Species Bathycongrus polyporus (Smith & Kanazawa, 1977) - Bahamian bathycongrus Species Bathycongrus retrotinctus (Jordan & Snyder, 1901) - blackedge conger [=megalops, randalli] Species Bathycongrus thysanochilus (Reid, 1934) - Caroline conger eel Species Bathycongrus trilineatus (Castle, 1964) - threelined bathycongrus Species Bathycongrus trimaculatus Karmovskaya & Smith, 2008 - Solomon bathycongrus Species Bathycongrus unimaculatus Karmovskaya, 2009 - Loyalty bathycongrus Species Bathycongrus varidens (Garman, 1899) - largehead conger Species Bathycongrus vicinalis (Garman, 1899) - neighbor conger Species Bathycongrus wallacei (Castle, 1968) - longnose conger [=baranesi] GENUS Bathyuroconger Fowler, 1934 - conger eels [=Silvesterina] Species Bathyuroconger parvibranchialis (Fowler, 1934) - Buton conger Species Bathyuroconger vicinus (Vaillant, 1888) - large-toothed conger [=braueri, mediopunctatus] GENUS Blachea Karrer & Smith, 1980 - conger eels Species Blachea longicaudalis Karmovskaya, 2004 - Fiji blanchea Species Blachea xenobranchialis Karrer & Smith, 1980 - Mozambique blanchea GENUS Castleichthys Smith, 2004 - conger eels Species Castleichthys auritus Smith, 2004 - eared conger GENUS Conger Bosc, 1817 - conger eels [=Astroconger, Conger K, Conger W, Conger O, Congrus, Forskalichthys, Helmictis, Isognatha, Leptocephalus, Microconger, Morris, Veternio] Species Conger cinereus Rüppell, in Klunzinger, 1871 - ash-colored conger eel, white eel, longfin African conger [=altipinnis, caudalis, congricinerei, flavipinnatus, kellersi, noordziekii, verrens] Species Conger conger (Linnaeus, 1758) - sea eel, European conger [=candidissimus, communis, conger S, gussoni, inaequalis, lineatus, linnei, morrisianus, morrisii, nigra, obtusa, pellucidum, pellucidus, punctatus, rubescens, spallanzani, stenops, verus, vitreus, vulgaris] Species Conger erebennus (Jordan & Snyder, 1901) - Dainan-anago [=kiusiuanus, riukiuanus] Species Conger esculentus Poey, 1861 - grey conger Species Conger jordani Kanazawa, 1958 - Jordan's conger eel Species Conger macrocephalus Kanazawa, 1958 - Verde conger Species Conger marginatus Valenciennes, in Eydoux & Souleyet, 1850 - mustache conger, Hawaiian conger [=verrens] Species Conger monganius (Phillipps, 1932) - Mongonui conger Species Conger myriaster (Brevoort, 1856) - Hakodate conger [=japonicus] Species Conger oceanicus (Mitchill, 1818) - American conger eel [=novaecaesariensis, gracilis, occidentalis] Species Conger oligoporus Kanazawa, 1958 - Johnston atoll conger Species Conger orbignianus Valenciennes, 1837 - Argentine conger [=multidens] Species Conger philippinus Kanazawa, 1958 - Philippines conger Species Conger triporiceps Kanazawa, 1958 - manytooth conger [=brasiliensis] Species Conger verreauxi Kaup, 1856 - Southern conger Species Conger wilsoni (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) - Cape conger, Eastern conger eel [=hesperius, labiata] GENUS Congrhynchus Fowler, 1934 - conger eels Species Congrhynchus talabonoides Fowler, 1934 - Macabalan conger GENUS Congriscus Jordan & Hubbs, 1925 - conger eels [=Thalassenchelys] Species Congriscus maldivensis (Norman, 1939) - Maldive conger [=foliaceus] Species Congriscus marquesaensis Karmovskaya, 2004 - Marquesas conger Species Congriscus megastoma (Günther, 1877) - Inoshima conger [=coheni] GENUS Congrosoma Garman, 1899 - conger eels Species Congrosoma evermanni Garman, 1899 - Evermann's conger GENUS Diploconger Kotthaus, 1968 - conger eels Species Diploconger polystigmatus Kotthaus, 1968 - headband conger GENUS Gnathophis Kaup, 1859 - conger eels [=Euleptocephalus, Fimbriceps, Lemkea, Poutawa, Rhynchocymba] Species Gnathophis andriashevi Karmovskaya, 1990 - Úhorovec Andrijaševuv Species Gnathophis asanoi Karmovskaya, 2004 - asano conger Species Gnathophis bathytopos Smith & Kanazawa, 1977 - blackgut conger Species Gnathophis bracheatopos Smith & Kanazawa, 1977 - longeye conger Species Gnathophis capensis (Kaup, 1856) - Cape gnathophis [=australis] Species Gnathophis castlei Karmovskaya & Paxton, 2000 - Castle's gnathophis Species Gnathophis cinctus (Garman, 1899) - Catalina conger [=catalinensis] Species Gnathophis codoniphorus Maul, 1972 - Meteor conger Species Gnathophis ginanago (Asano, 1958) - Ginanago conger Species Gnathophis grahami Karmovskaya & Paxton, 2000 - Graham's gnathophis Species Gnathophis habenatus (Richardson, 1848) - little conger eel Species Gnathophis heterognathos (Bleeker, 1858) - Bleeker's gnathophis Species Gnathophis heterolinea (Kotthaus, 1968) - Mombasa conger Species Gnathophis leptosomatus Karrer, 1983 - Malagasy gnathophis Species Gnathophis longicauda (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1888) - Parramatta conger Species Gnathophis macroporis Karmovskaya & Paxton, 2000 - longpore conger Species Gnathophis melanocoelus Karmovskaya & Paxton, 2000 - Rottnest conger Species Gnathophis microps Karmovskaya & Paxton, 2000 - smalleye conger Species Gnathophis musteliceps (Alcock, 1894) - Alcock's gnathophis Species Gnathophis mystax (Delaroche, 1809) - blacktailed conger [=bibroni, borelli, gegenbauri, gutturosus, kaupii, koellikeri, maurolici, peloritanus, prestandreae, sicanus, tenuirostris, yarrellii, zancleus] Species Gnathophis nasutus Karmovskaya & Paxton, 2000 - bignose conger Species Gnathophis neocaledoniensis Karmovskaya, 2004 - New Caledonian conger Species Gnathophis nystromi (Jordan & Snyder, 1901) - Nystrom's conger Species Gnathophis parini Karmovskaya, 1990 - Parini conger Species Gnathophis smithi Karmovskaya, 1990 - Smith's conger Species Gnathophis tritos Smith & Kanazawa, 1977 - tritos conger Species Gnathophis umbrellabius (Whitley, 1948) - umbrella conger [=incognitus] Species Gnathophis xenica (Matsubara & Ochiai, 1951) - xenica conger GENUS Japonoconger Asano, 1958 - conger eels Species Japonoconger africanus (Poll, 1953) - Poll's japonoconger Species Japonoconger caribbeus Smith & Kanazawa, 1977 - Caribbean japonoconger Species Japonoconger sivicolus (Matsubara & Ochiai, 1951) - Owase japonoconger GENUS Lumiconger Castle & Paxton, 1984 - conger eels Species Lumiconger arafura Castle & Paxton, 1984 - luminous conger GENUS Macrocephenchelys Fowler, 1934 - conger eels Species Macrocephenchelys brachialis Fowler, 1934 - Makassar conger Species Macrocephenchelys brevirostris (Chen & Weng, 1967) - Tungkang conger Species Macrocephenchelys soela Castle, 1990 - Saumarez conger GENUS Paruroconger Blache & Bauchot, 1976 - conger eels Species Paruroconger drachi Blache & Bauchot, 1976 - drachi conger GENUS Promyllantor Alcock, 1890 - conger eels [=Bathycongrellus] Species Promyllantor adenensis (Klausewitz, 1991) - Aden conger Species Promyllantor atlanticus Karmovskaya, 2006 - Atlantic promyllantor Species Promyllantor purpureus Alcock, 1890 - Laccadive conger GENUS Pseudophichthys Roule, 1915 - conger eels Species Pseudophichthys macroporis Kotthaus, 1968 - purplemouthed conger Species Pseudophichthys splendens (Lea, 1913) - purplemouthed conger [=latedorsalis, schmitti] GENUS Rhynchoconger Jordan & Hubbs, 1925 - conger eels [=Hildebrandia] Species Rhynchoconger ectenurus (Jordan & Richardson, 1909) - longnose conger [=brachuata] Species Rhynchoconger flavus (Goode & Bean, 1896) - yellow conger [=enchodon, macrosoma] Species Rhynchoconger gracilior (Ginsburg, 1951) - whiptail conger Species Rhynchoconger guppyi (Norman, 1925) - Guppy conger Species Rhynchoconger nitens (Jordan & Bollman, 1890) - bignose conger [=lychnus] Species Rhynchoconger squaliceps (Alcock, 1894) - squaliceps conger Species Rhynchoconger trewavasae Ben-Tuvia, 1993 - Eilat conger GENUS Scalanago Whitley, 1935 - conger eels Species Scalanago lateralis Whitley, 1935 - ladder eel GENUS Uroconger Kaup, 1856 - conger eels [=Congerodon] Species Uroconger erythraeus Castle, 1982 - Meseda conger Species Uroconger lepturus (Richardson, 1845) - slender conger [=indicus] Species Uroconger syringinus Ginsburg, 1954 - threadtail conger GENUS Xenomystax Gilbert, 1891 - conger eels [=Paraxenomystax] Species Xenomystax atrarius Gilbert, 1891 - twinpored eel, deepwater conger [=rictus] Species Xenomystax austrinus Smith & Kanazawa, in Smith, 1989 - Panamanian deepwater xenomystax Species Xenomystax bidentatus (Reid, 1940) - Virgin deepwater xenomystax Species Xenomystax congroides Smith & Kanazawa, 1989 - Suriname deepwater xenomystax Species Xenomystax trucidans Alcock, 1894 - Laccadive deepwater xenomystax SUBFAMILY Bathymyrinae Böhlke, 1949 - conger eels [=Helmichthyiden, Helmichthyoidei, Anagoinae] GENUS Ariosoma Swainson, 1838 - conger eels [=Alloconger, Anago, Congermuraena, Congrellus, Diaphanichthys, Helmichthys, Nesocongrus, Ophisoma, Poeciloconger, Thyreoconger] Species Ariosoma anago (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) - silvery conger, darkfin conger Species Ariosoma anagoides (Bleeker, 1854) - sea conger, bared sand eel Species Ariosoma anale (Poey, 1860) - longtrunk conger, short-tail conger Species Ariosoma balearicum (Delaroche, 1809) - bandtooth conger [=acuta, affinis, auratus, cassini, ciuciara, dentex, diaphanus, eckmani, impressus, inornatus, marginatus, minor, rex, somaliense, spinocadux] Species Ariosoma bauchotae Karrer, 1983 - Malagasy ariosoma Species Ariosoma bowersi (Jenkins, 1903) - large-eye conger [=marginatus, nuttalli] Species Ariosoma coquettei Smith & Kanazawa, 1977 - Guianese ariosoma Species Ariosoma dolichopterum Karmovskaya, 2015 - Karmovskaya's conger Species Ariosoma fasciatum (Gunther, 1872) - Sulawesi ariosoma [=nancyae] Species Ariosoma gilberti (Ogilby, 1898) - Gilbert's garden eel [=cingulus, acus] Species Ariosoma gnanadossi Talwar & Mukherjee, 1977 - Gnanadoss' conger Species Ariosoma hemiaspidus (Wade, 1946) - Point Lobos conger Species Ariosoma howensis (McCulloch & Waite, 1916) - Lord Howe conger Species Ariosoma kapala (Castle, 1990) - Kapala conger Species Ariosoma major (Asano, 1958) - Kagoshima ariosoma Species Ariosoma marginatum (Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875) - large-eye conger [=bowersi, nuttalli] Species Ariosoma mauritianum (Pappenheim, 1914) - blunt-tooth conger [=macrenteron] Species Ariosoma meeki (Jordan & Snyder, 1900) - Meek's ariosoma Species Ariosoma megalops Fowler, 1938 - Macao ariosoma Species Ariosoma mellissii (Gunther, 1870) - silver eel Species Ariosoma multivertebratum Karmovskaya, 2004 - Eiao ariosoma Species Ariosoma nigrimanum Norman, 1939 - Norman's ariosoma Species Ariosoma obud Herre, 1923 - Marinduque ariosoma Species Ariosoma ophidiophthalmus Karmovskaya, 1991 - Karmovskaya's ariosoma Species Ariosoma opistophthalmus (Ranzani, 1839) - Ranzani's ariosoma Species Ariosoma prorigerum (Gilbert, 1891) - slope conger [=caudalis] Species Ariosoma sanzoi (D'Ancona, 1928) - Sanzo ariosoma Species Ariosoma sazonovi Karmovskaya, 2004 - Sazonov's ariosoma Species Ariosoma scheelei (Strömman, 1896) - tropical conger, Scheele's conger Species Ariosoma selenops Reid, 1934 - Tobago ariosoma Species Ariosoma sereti Karmovskaya, 2004 - Hiva Oa ariosoma Species Ariosoma shiroanago (Asano, 1958) - Owashi ariosoma Species Ariosoma sokotranum Karmovskaya, 1991 - sokotranum conger GENUS Bathymyrus Alcock, 1889 - conger eels Species Bathymyrus echinorhynchus Alcock, 1889 - Mahanadi conger Species Bathymyrus simus Smith, 1965 - simus conger Species Bathymyrus smithi Castle, 1968 - Maputo conger GENUS Chiloconger Myers & Wade, 1941 - conger eels Species Chiloconger dentatus (Garman, 1899) - shortsnout conger [=labiatus, obtusus] Species Chiloconger philippinensis Smith & Karmovskaya, 2003 - garden eel GENUS Kenyaconger Smith & Karmovskaya, 2003 - conger eels Species Kenyaconger heemstrai Smith & Karmovskaya, 2003 - Heemstra's kenyaconger GENUS Parabathymyrus Kamohara, 1938 - conger eels Species Parabathymyrus brachyrhynchus (Fowler, 1934) - Bongo conger Species Parabathymyrus fijiensis Karmovskaya, 2004 - Karmovskaya's Fiji conger Species Parabathymyrus karrerae Karmovskaya, 1991 - Karrer's conger Species Parabathymyrus macrophthalmus Kamohara, 1938 - Mimase conger Species Parabathymyrus oregoni Smith & Kanazawa, 1977 - flapnose conger Species Parabathymyrus philippinensis Ho et al., 2015 - Aurora conger GENUS Paraconger Kanazawa, 1961 - conger eels Species Paraconger californiensis Kanazawa, 1961 - Californian conger Species Paraconger caudilimbatus (Poey, 1867) - margintail conger, Bermuda conger eel [=caudicula, harringtonensis] Species Paraconger guianensis Kanazawa, 1961 - Guianese paraconger Species Paraconger macrops (Günther, 1870) - blackspot conger Species Paraconger notialis Kanazawa, 1961 - Guinean conger Species Paraconger ophichthys (Garman, 1899) - Cocos paraconger Species Paraconger similis (Wade, 1946) - short-tail conger SUBFAMILY Heterocongrinae Günther, 1870 - garden eels [=Heterocongrina] GENUS Gorgasia Meek & Hildebrand, 1923 - garden eels Species Gorgasia barnesi Robison & Lancraft, 1984 - Barnes' garden eel Species Gorgasia cotroneii (D'Ancona, 1928) - Port Sudan garden eel Species Gorgasia galzini Castle & Randall, 1999 - Japtan garden eel Species Gorgasia hawaiiensis Randall & Chess, 1980 - Hawaiian garden eel Species Gorgasia inferomaculata (Blache, 1977) - Blache's gorgasia Species Gorgasia japonica Abe et al., 1977 - Japanese gorgasia Species Gorgasia klausewitzi Quéro & Saldanha, 1995 - Klausewitz' garden eel Species Gorgasia maculata Klausewitz & Eibl-Eibesfeldt, 1959 - whitespotted garden eel, spaghetti garden eel Species Gorgasia naeocepaea (Böhlke, 1951) - Patalon garden eel Species Gorgasia preclara Böhlke & Randall, 1981 - splendid garden eel Species Gorgasia punctata Meek & Hildebrand, 1923 - dotted garden eel Species Gorgasia sillneri Klausewitz, 1962 - Red Sea garden eel Species Gorgasia taiwanensis Shao, 1990 - Taiwanese garden eel Species Gorgasia thamani Greenfield & Niesz, 2004 - Koro garden eel GENUS Heteroconger Bleeker, 1868 - garden eels [=Nystactes, Nystactichthys, Taenioconger, Xarifania] Species Heteroconger balteatus Castle & Randall, 1999 - Jeddah garden eel Species Heteroconger camelopardalis (Lubbock, 1980) - giraffe garden eel Species Heteroconger canabus (Cowan & Rosenblatt, 1974) - white-ring garden eel Species Heteroconger chapmani (Herre, 1923) - Chapman's garden eel Species Heteroconger cobra Böhlke & Randall, 1981 - cobra garden eel Species Heteroconger digueti (Pellegrin, 1923) - pale green garden eel [=herrei] Species Heteroconger enigmaticus Castle & Randall, 1999 - enigmatic garden eel Species Heteroconger hassi Klausewitz & Eibl-Eibesfeldt, 1959 - spotted garden eel [=maculatus, neocaledoniensis, nicobarensis] Species Heteroconger klausewitzi (Eibl-Eibiesfeldt & Köster, 1983) - Galapagos garden eel Species Heteroconger lentiginosus Böhlke & Randall, 1981 - pale-ear garden eel Species Heteroconger longissimus Günther, 1870 - brown garden eel [=discus, halis] Species Heteroconger luteolus Smith, 1989 - yellow garden eel Species Heteroconger mercyae Allen & Erdmann, 2009 - Mercy's garden eel Species Heteroconger obscurus (Klausewitz & Eibl-Eibesfeldt, 1959) - obscure heteroconger Species Heteroconger pellegrini Castle, 1999 - speckled garden eel Species Heteroconger perissodon Böhlke & Randall, 1981 - black garden eel Species Heteroconger polyzona Bleeker, 1868 - banded garden eel Species Heteroconger taylori Castle & Randall, 1995 - Taylor's garden eel Species Heteroconger tomberua Castle & Randall, 1999 - Tamberua garden eel Species Heteroconger tricia Castle & Randall, 1999 - Flores garden eel