Editing Conger (section)

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
{{About|the genus of eel|other uses|Conger (disambiguation)|the Cuban music genre and ensemble|Conga (music)}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = {{fossilrange|55|0}} <br />Early [[Eocene]] to Present<ref>{{cite journal
 |last=skjeolks
 |first=Jack
 |title=A compendium of fossil marine animal genera
 |journal=Bulletins of American Paleontology
 |volume=364
 |page=560
 |year=2002
 |url=http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class
 |access-date=2007-12-25
 |url-status=dead
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220223520/http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class
 |archive-date=2009-02-20
}}</ref>
| image = Conger oceanicus.jpg
| image_caption = ''[[Conger oceanicus]]''
| taxon = Conger
| authority = [[Lorenz Oken|Oken]], 1817
| type_species = ''[[Conger conger|Muraena conger]]''
| type_species_authority = [[Linnaeus]], 1758
| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
| subdivision = See text.
}}

'''''Conger''''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|ɒ|ŋ|g|ər}} {{respell|KONG|gər}}) is a [[genus]] of marine [[congrid]] [[eel]]s.<ref>{{FishBase genus | genus = Conger | month = June| year = 2011}}
</ref>  It includes some of the largest types of eels, ranging up to {{convert|2|m|ft|frac=2|abbr=off|spell=in}} or more in length,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/14/giant-conger-eel-caught-plymouth-fishermen|title = Giant conger eel caught by Plymouth fishermen|date = 14 May 2015}}</ref> in the case of the European conger. Large congers have often been observed by divers during the day in parts of the [[Mediterranean Sea]], and both European and American congers are sometimes caught by fishermen along the European and North American Atlantic coasts.

The life histories of most conger eels are poorly known. Based on collections of their small [[leptocephalus]] larvae, the American conger eel has been found to spawn in the southwestern [[Sargasso Sea]], close to the spawning areas of the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] [[freshwater]] eels.

"Conger" or "conger eel" is sometimes included in the common names of species of the family [[Congridae]], including members of this genus.