European conger: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the European conger lives – recorded in 6 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Conger conger
Group	Bony fish
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	6 countries
Continents	Europe
Length	1.5 m
Class	Ray-finned fish
Order	Anguilliformes
Family	Congridae

Where does the European conger live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the European conger in 6 countries and territories across Europe.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is an European conger?

Wikidata records the following for the European conger: length 1.5 m.

Is the European conger endangered?

The European conger’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the European conger?

The European conger (Conger conger) is a ray-finned fish in the order Anguilliformes and the family Congridae, genus Conger. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the European conger

The European conger (Conger conger) is a species of conger of the family Congridae. It is the heaviest eel in the world and native to the northeast Atlantic, including the Mediterranean Sea.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article European conger (revision 1355303219), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q212552 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).