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Bony fish

Margintail conger

Paraconger caudilimbatus

Also known as: Blackspot Conger

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2015
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Overview

Found burrowed into soft mud or sand bottoms, in shallower waters, of the continental shelf during the day, foraging for food at night, and has been observed at night on the surface of the ocean.
They feed nocturnally on crustaceans and small fish.
Widespread - Western Atlantic, Caribbean

Garden Eels rise up in the sand halfway their body length waving in the sand feeding on plankton.
When approached they slide back into their holes.

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How to identify

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Western Atlantic, Caribbean
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Found burrowed into soft mud or sand bottoms, in shallower waters, of the continental shelf during the day, foraging for food at night, and has been observed at night on the surface of the ocean.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderAnguilliformes
    5. familyCongridae
    6. genusParaconger
    7. speciesParaconger caudilimbatus (Poey, 1867)

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    More in the family

    Conger-Garden Eels (Congridae)