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Conger oligoporus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Congridae
Genus:	Conger
Species:	C. oligoporus
Binomial name
Conger oligoporus Kanazawa, 1958

Conger oligoporus is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by Robert H. Kanazawa in 1958. It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from Hawaii and Guam, in the eastern central and western central Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 2–507 metres, and leads a benthic lifestyle, inhabiting crevices of hard substrata. It feeds predominantly on finfish.

References

1. McCosker, J.; Smith, D.G.; Tighe, K. (2019). "Conger oligoporus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T199107A2559791. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199107A2559791.en. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
2. ^ Conger oligoporus at www.fishbase.org.
3. Kanazawa, R. H., 1958 (6 Oct.) A revision of the eels of the genus Conger with descriptions of four new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 108 (no. 3400): 219-267, Pls. 1-4.
4. Food items reported for Conger oligoporus at www.fishbase.org.

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