European Conger
OrderAnguilliformes
FamilyCongridae
HabitatRocky Reefs
RangeNE Atlantic, Mediterranean
Max Length300 cm
Max Weight110 kg
DietCarnivore
About the European Conger
One of the largest eels in the world, a heavy, scaleless predator that hides in wrecks and rocky crevices by day. It hunts fish, crabs, and octopus at night. Like other eels it is thought to make a single spawning migration far out into the Atlantic before dying.