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Argentine Conger

Conger orbignianus

Classification

Family
Congridae

The Argentine conger (Conger orbignianus) is a conger eel of the class Actinopterygii. It is found in its adult form on the South American coast of the Atlantic Ocean in Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina, though its larval form has been discovered in the Gulf of Guinea on Africa's Atlantic coast. Taxonomy The Argentine conger was first described by Achille Valenciennes in 1837.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Argentina · 11Uruguay · 8Brazil · 2