Genera that contain: Conger [ 17 ] records

Anago Jordan [D. S.] & Hubbs [C. L.] 1925:191, 193 [Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum v. 10 (no. 2); ref. 2486] Masc. Conger anago Temminck & Schlegel 1846. Type by original designation (also monotypic and by absolute tautonymy). •Valid as Anago Jordan & Hubbs 1925 -- (Asano in Masuda et al. 1984:27 [ref. 6441], Zhang et al. 2010:191 [ref. 31511]). •Synonym of Ariosoma Swainson 1838 -- (Smith 1989:492 [ref. 13285], Shen 1998:8 [ref. 23445]). Current status: Synonym of Ariosoma Swainson 1838. Congridae: Bathymyrinae.

Astroconger Jordan [D. S.] & Hubbs [C. L.] 1925:194 [Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum v. 10 (no. 2); ref. 2486] Masc. Anguilla myriaster Brevoort 1856. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Conger Bosc 1817 -- (Blache et al. 1973:239 [ref. 7185], Smith 1989:513 [ref. 13285], Zhang et al. 2010:198 [ref. 31511]). Current status: Synonym of Conger Bosc 1817. Congridae: Congrinae.

Brachyconger Bleeker [P.] 1864:116 [Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde v. 2; ref. 409] Masc. Conger savanna Bancroft 1831. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Cynoponticus Costa 1845 -- (Smith 1989:436 [ref. 13285]). Current status: Synonym of Cynoponticus Costa 1845. Muraenesocidae.

Conger Oken [L.] (ex Cuvier) 1817:1781 [Isis (Oken) v. 1 (pt 8) (no. 148); ref. 3303] Masc. Muraena conger Linnaeus 1758. Type by absolute tautonymy. Based on "Les Congres" of Cuvier 1816:231 [ref. 993] (see Gill 1903:966 [ref. 5768]). On Official List (Opinion 93, Direction 87); unavailable names of Conger on Official Index. Apparently predated by and should be credited to Bosc 1817 (see Paxton et al. 1989:140-141 [ref. 12442]). •Valid as Conger Oken 1817 -- (Blache et al. 1973:239 [ref. 7185], Asano in Masuda et al. 1984:28 [ref. 6441], Castle 1986:164 [ref. 5644], see Paxton et al. 1989:141 [ref. 12442], Smith 1989:513 [ref. 13285]). •In the synonymy of Conger Bosc 1817 -- (Hoese & Gates 2006:291 [ref. 28997]). Current status: Synonym of Conger Bosc 1817. Congridae: Congrinae.

Conger Bosc [L. A. G.] (ex Cuvier) 1817:450 [Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle v. 1-36; ref. 5126] Masc. Muraena conger Linnaeus 1758. Type by subsequent absolute tautonymy. Name appeared in v. 7 of the work. See discussion in Paxton et al. 1989:140-141 [ref. 12442] regarding authorship of this genus; should be credited to Bosc instead of Oken. Species added by Cloquet 1818. •Valid as Conger Bosc 1817 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:140 [ref. 12442], Gomon et al. 1994:211 [ref. 22532], Smith 1999:1683 [ref. 24661], Smith 2003:747 [ref. 26989], Hoese & Gates 2006:291 [ref. 28997], Smith 2008:176 [ref. 30621], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:19 [ref. 36649], Zhang et al. 2010:198 [ref. 31511] with author as Cuvier, Parin et al. 2014:50 [ref. 33547], Smith & Stewart 2015:276 [ref. 34234], Bañón et al. 2016:304 [ref. 34397], Smith et al. 2016:734 [ref. 34834], Fricke et al. 2018:49 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:25 [ref. 36273], Smith & Ho 2018:169 [ref. 36044], Brown et al. 2019:157 [ref. 36444], Kodeeswaran et al. 2023:474 [ref. 40021]). Current status: Valid as Conger Bosc 1817. Congridae: Congrinae.

Congresox Gill [T. N.] 1890:234 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 13 (no. 815); ref. 1733] Masc. Conger talabon Cuvier 1829. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Congresox Gill 1890 -- (Castle & Williamson 1975:2 [ref. 7115], Smith 1989:434 [ref. 13285], Ataur Rahman 1989:48 [ref. 24860], Smith 1999:1673 [ref. 24661], Ataur Rahman 2003:63 [ref. 31338], Kottelat 2013:48 [ref. 32989], Golani & Fricke 2018:24 [ref. 36273]). Current status: Valid as Congresox Gill 1890. Muraenesocidae.

Congrus Richardson [J.] 1845:105 [Ichthyology.--Part 3. The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Sulphur.; ref. 20575] Masc. Also in Richardson 1848:106 [ref. 3740]. Considered by Jordan and others as a variant spelling of Conger of earlier authors, with same type. If regarded as an available generic name (as by Blache et al. 1973:239 [ref. 7185]), then includes two species: Muraenesox tricuspidatus McClelland and Congrus lepturus Richardson, neither as yet apparently designated as type. •Synonym of Conger Bosc 1817 -- (Smith 1989:513 [ref. 13285], Zhang et al. 2010:198 [ref. 31511]). Current status: Synonym of Conger Bosc 1817. Congridae: Congrinae.

Forskalichthys Whitley [G. P.] 1935:219 [Records of the Australian Museum v. 19 (no. 4); ref. 4683] Masc. Conger cinereus Rüppell 1871. Type by original designation. •Synonym of Conger Bosc 1817 -- (Blache et al. 1973:239 [ref. 7185], Smith 1989:513 [ref. 13285]). Current status: Synonym of Conger Bosc 1817. Congridae: Congrinae.

Helmichthys Costa [O. G.] 1844:index p. 6 [Fauna del regno di Napoli v. 3 (pt 2); ref. 980] Masc. Helmichthys diaphanus Costa 1844. Type by monotypy. Based on a leptocephalus. Not seen. Pl. 31 is also involved. •Synonym of Conger Oken 1817 -- (see Castle 1969:10 [ref. 12436]). •Synonym of Ariosoma Swainson 1838 -- (Smith 1989:491 [ref. 13285]). Current status: Synonym of Ariosoma Swainson 1838. Congridae: Bathymyrinae.

Helmictis Rafinesque [C. S.] 1810:49, 62 [Indice d'ittiologia siciliana; ref. 3595] Masc. Helmictis punctatus Rafinesque 1810. Type by monotypy. Spelled Helminctis by Bonaparte 1841 and Helminthichthys by Agassiz 1846 (see Smith 1989:514 [ref. 13285] for nomenclatural comments). •Possibly a synonym of Conger Bosc 1817. Current status: Synonym of Conger Bosc 1817. Congridae: Congrinae.

Isognatha Gill [T. N.] (ex DeKay) 1861:56 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 13 (Suppl.); ref. 1766] Fem. Anguilla oceanica Mitchill 1818. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Conger Bosc 1817 -- (Blache et al. 1973:239 [ref. 7185], Smith 1989:513 [ref. 13285]). Current status: Synonym of Conger Bosc 1817. Congridae: Congrinae.

Macrodonophis Poey [F.] 1868:251 [v. 2; ref. 3503] Masc. Conger mordax Poey 1860. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Echiophis Kaup 1856 -- (McCosker 1977:76 [ref. 6836], McCosker et al. 1989:357 [ref. 13288]). Current status: Synonym of Echiophis Kaup 1856. Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae.

Microconger (subgenus of Leptocephalus) Fowler [H. W.] 1912:9 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 64; ref. 1385] Masc. Leptocephalus caudalis Fowler 1912. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Conger Bosc1817 -- (Blache et al. 1973:239 [ref. 7185], Smith 1989:513 [ref. 13285]). Current status: Synonym of Conger Bosc 1817. Congridae: Congrinae.

Oxyconger Bleeker [P.] 1864:19 [Atlas ichthyologique des Indes Orientales Néêrlandaises v. 4; ref. 4860] Masc. Conger leptognathus Bleeker 1858. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Bleeker 1864:19 published 21 Sept. 1864, also in Bleeker 1865:116 [ref. 409]. •Valid as Oxyconger Bleeker 1864 -- (Asano in Masuda et al. 1984:29 [ref. 6441], Paxton et al. 1989:145 [ref. 12442], Smith 1989:434 [ref. 13285], Smith 1999:1673 [ref. 24661], Paxton et al. 2006:283 [ref. 28995], Zhang et al. 2010:298 [ref. 31511]). Current status: Valid as Oxyconger Bleeker 1864. Muraenesocidae.

Oxyurus Rafinesque [C. S.] 1810:19 [Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della Sicilia; ref. 3594] Masc. Oxyurus vermiformis Rafinesque 1810. Type by monotypy. Status uncertain, based on leptocephalus, probably of Conger -- (Castle 1969:9 [ref. 12436]). Current status: Uncertain. Congridae: Congrinae.

Paramyrus Günther [A.] 1870:51 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 8; ref. 1995] Masc. Conger cylindroideus Ranzani 1839. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Jordan & Davis 1891:641 [ref. 2437]. •Synonym of Ophichthus Thunberg 1789 -- (Kottelat 2013:45 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Myrophis Lütken 1852 -- (McCosker 1977:59 [ref. 6836]). •Synonym of Ophichthus Ahl 1789 -- (McCosker et al. 1989:379 [ref. 13288], McCosker 1999:574 [ref. 23699]). Current status: Synonym of Ophichthus Ahl 1789. Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae.

Veternio Snyder [J. O.] 1904:516 [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 22 [1902]; ref. 4149] Masc. Veternio verrens Snyder 1904. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Treated as masculine, Art. 30.2.4. •Synonym of Conger Bosc 1817 -- (Smith 1989:513 [ref. 13285]). Current status: Synonym of Conger Bosc 1817. Congridae: Congrinae.