Slender conger

The slender conger (Uroconger lepturus, also known as the longtail conger or the yellow pike-conger^[2]) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).^[3] It was described by John Richardson in 1845, originally under the genus Congrus.^[4] 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 (59 to 2,493 ft), 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).^[3]

Slender conger
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Congridae
Genus:	Uroconger
Species:	U. lepturus
Binomial name
Uroconger lepturus (Richardson, 1845)
Synonyms[1]
Congrus lepturus Richardson, 1845 Conger lepturus (Richardson, 1845)

The slender conger's diet consists of small benthic crustaceans.^[5] It is of commercial interest to fisheries.^[3]