WoRMS taxon details
Conger orbignianus Valenciennes, 1837
271747 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:271747)
accepted
Species
Conger multidens Castelnau, 1855 · unaccepted
Conger orbignyanus Valenciennes, 1837 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Leptocephalus orbignyanus (Valenciennes, 1837) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Valenciennes, A. (1834-1839). Poissons [plates]. <em>In: A. d'Orbigny. Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale. Pls. 1-16. [Text published in 1847 [ref. 5010]. Dates of publication of the plates are given in Sherborn & Griffin 1934 [ref. 28051]; Sherborn & Woodward 1901 [ref. 13447] do not provide a date for the fish plates.].</em> [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Conger orbignianus Valenciennes, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=271747 on 2026-08-12
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Nomenclature
original description
Valenciennes, A. (1834-1839). Poissons [plates]. <em>In: A. d'Orbigny. Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale. Pls. 1-16. [Text published in 1847 [ref. 5010]. Dates of publication of the plates are given in Sherborn & Griffin 1934 [ref. 28051]; Sherborn & Woodward 1901 [ref. 13447] do not provide a date for the fish plates.].</em> [details]
original description (of Conger multidens Castelnau, 1855) Castelnau, F. L. (1855). Poissons. In: Animaux nouveaux or rares recueillis pendant l'expédition dans les parties centrales de l'Amérique du Sud, de Rio de Janeiro a Lima, et de Lima au Para; exécutée par ordre du gouvernement Français pendant les années 1843 a 1847 ... Part 7,. <em>Zoologie. Paris (P. Bertrand).</em> v. 2: i-xii + 1-112, Pls. 1-50., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.110120
page(s): 84, Pl. 44 (fig. 1) [details]
original description (of Conger multidens Castelnau, 1855) Castelnau, F. L. (1855). Poissons. In: Animaux nouveaux or rares recueillis pendant l'expédition dans les parties centrales de l'Amérique du Sud, de Rio de Janeiro a Lima, et de Lima au Para; exécutée par ordre du gouvernement Français pendant les années 1843 a 1847 ... Part 7,. <em>Zoologie. Paris (P. Bertrand).</em> v. 2: i-xii + 1-112, Pls. 1-50., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.110120
page(s): 84, Pl. 44 (fig. 1) [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 (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Leptocephalus orbignyanus (Valenciennes, 1837))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Conger orbignyanus Valenciennes, 1837)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Conger multidens Castelnau, 1855)
To FishBase (from synonym Conger orbignyanus Valenciennes, 1837)
To FishBase (from synonym Leptocephalus orbignyanus (Valenciennes, 1837))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Conger multidens Castelnau, 1855)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Leptocephalus orbignyanus (Valenciennes, 1837))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Conger orbignyanus Valenciennes, 1837)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Conger multidens Castelnau, 1855)
To FishBase (from synonym Conger orbignyanus Valenciennes, 1837)
To FishBase (from synonym Leptocephalus orbignyanus (Valenciennes, 1837))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Conger multidens Castelnau, 1855)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
