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Main identification features
- snout length ~eye
- dorsal fin origin over pectoral
- tail: greater than 1/2 total length, tip stiff
- flanges on both lips
- hollow behind top flange not divided
- pectoral base within limits of gill opening
PARACONGER
CONGER EELS
Body stout, ~cylindrical; snout rounded, tapered; eye large (~snout length); flanges on sides of both jaws; front nostril tubular, near tip of snout, points forward & to side, with small pore behind; rear nostril a hole or tube in front of eye, with small pore above; jaw teeth - 2 irregular rows above with a squarish patch in center, 1-2 rows at rear of lower jaw; outer row of jaw teeth compressed, in contact at bases, forming cutting edge; dorsal origin over pectoral fin; pectoral fin well developed; top of gill opening above top of pectoral fin base; tail longer than head & body.
This tropical to warm temperate genus, with ~8 species, occurs in the east and west Atlantic, as well as our region, which contains ~3 species.
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I thank Ashley MacDonald and John Pickering, University of Georgia, for technical support in building this page.
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