Longfin African conger

The longfin African conger (Conger cinereus) or blacklip conger is an eel of the family Congridae, found in the Indo-Pacific oceans from the Red Sea and East Africa to the Marquesas and Easter islands, north to southern Japan and the Ogasawara Islands, south to northern Australia and Lord Howe Island, at depths down to 80 m (260 ft). The length of a longfin African conger can measure up to 1.3 m (4 ft 3 in).^[2]

Longfin African conger
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Congridae
Genus:	Conger
Species:	C. cinereus
Binomial name
Conger cinereus Rüppell, 1830
Synonyms
Conger altipinnis Kaup, 1856 Conger cinereus cinereus Rüppell, 1830 Conger cinereus marginatus Valenciennes, 1850 Conger flavipinnatus Bennett, 1832 Conger marginatus Valenciennes, 1850