WoRMS taxon details
Paraconger macrops (Günther, 1870)
126289 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126289)
accepted
Species
Conger macrops Günther, 1870 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Conger macrops Günther, 1870) Günther, A. (1870). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Gymnotidae, Symbranchidae, Muraenidae, Pegasidae, and of the Lophobranchii, Plectognathi, Dipnoi, ...[thru] ... Leptocardii, in the British Museum. v. 8: i-xxv + 1-549. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Paraconger macrops (Günther, 1870). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126289 on 2026-01-18
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Conger macrops Günther, 1870) Günther, A. (1870). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Gymnotidae, Symbranchidae, Muraenidae, Pegasidae, and of the Lophobranchii, Plectognathi, Dipnoi, ...[thru] ... Leptocardii, in the British Museum. v. 8: i-xxv + 1-549. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Conger macrops Günther, 1870)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Paraconger macrops)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Conger macrops Günther, 1870)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Conger macrops Günther, 1870)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Paraconger macrops RAD105755-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Paraconger macrops RAD105756-001)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Conger macrops Günther, 1870)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Paraconger macrops)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Conger macrops Günther, 1870)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Conger macrops Günther, 1870)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Paraconger macrops RAD105755-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Paraconger macrops RAD105756-001)
To PESI
To ITIS
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