#2132 · 🐟 fish
European Conger
🇳🇱 Congeraal ·Conger conger
📍 2970 Sesimbra, Portugal
📍 L'Alt Empordà, Girona, Espanya
📍 Finistère, Bretagne, France
📍 Poole Bay, England, GB
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Luis P. B. · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Luis P. B. · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Luis P. B. · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Alfiero Brisotto · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 5. © Valeria Paoletti · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © tamsynmann · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. 2970 Sesimbra, Portugal:© Ana Santos · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. L'Alt Empordà, Girona, Espanya:© eduardmarques · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Finistère, Bretagne, France:© Julien Tchilinguirian · CC BY 4.0
- 10. Poole Bay, England, GB:© emmathompson94 · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The European conger ( Conger conger ) is a species of conger of the family Congridae. It is the largest eel in the world and native to the northeast Atlantic, including the Mediterranean Sea.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 8 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 2,222 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- About 150 cm long.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- European Conger
- Nederlands
- Congeraal
- scientific name
- Conger conger
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Anguilliformes
- family
- Congridae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 8
- sightings in Europe
- 1,885
- sightings worldwide
- 2,222
- GBIF records in NL
- 305
- weight
- —
- length
- 1.5 m
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 118589, Wikidata Q212552, GBIF 2403490, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.