White eel

White eel
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kinrick:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Cless:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Faimily:	Congridae
Genus:	Conger
Species:	C. conger
Binomial name
Conger conger (Linnaeus, 1758)
The Range o the white eel
Synonyms
Anguilla conger (Linnaeus, 1758) Anguilla obtusa Swainson, 1839 Conger communis Costa, 1844 Conger niger (Risso, 1810) Conger rubescens Ranzani, 1840 Conger verus Risso, 1827 Conger vulgaris Yarrell, 1832 Leptocephalus candidissimus Costa, 1832 Leptocephalus conger (Linnaeus, 1758) Leptocephalus gussoni Cocco, 1829 Leptocephalus inaequalis Facciolà, 1883 Leptocephalus lineatus Bonnaterre, 1788 Leptocephalus morrisii Gmelin, 1789 Leptocephalus pellucidus (Couch, 1832) Leptocephalus spallanzani Risso, 1810 Leptocephalus stenops Kaup, 1856 Leptocephalus vitreus Kölliker, 1853 Muraena conger Linnaeus, 1758 Muraena nigra Risso, 1810 Ophidium pellucidum Couch, 1832 Ophisoma obtusa (Swainson, 1839)

The white eel (Conger conger) is a speshies o eel o the faimily Congridae. It is the lairgest eel in the warld an native tae the northeast Atlantic, includin the Mediterranean Sea.