Congriscus maldivensis

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Tighe, K. |author2=Smith, D.G. |author3=McCosker, J. |name-list-style=amp |year=2019 |title=Congriscus maldivensis |page=e.T199294A2579554 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199294A2579554.en |access-date=11 February 2022}}

| taxon = Congriscus maldivensis

| authority = (Norman, 1939)

| synonyms_ref = {{cite WoRMS|author=Bailly, Nicolas|year=2008 |title= Congriscus maldivensis (Norman, 1939)|id=280372}}

| synonyms =

• Conger maldivensis Norman, 1939
• Thalassenchelys foliaceus Castle & Raju, 1975{{cite journal|last1=Chow|first1=S.|last2=Yanagimoto|first2=T.|last3=Kurogi|first3=H.|last4=Appleyard|first4=S. A.|last5=Pogonoski|first5=J. J.|title=A giant anguilliform leptocephalus Thalassenchelys foliaceus Castle & Raju is a junior synonym of Congriscus maldivensis (Norman 1939)|journal=Journal of Fish Biology|date=2016|volume=89|issue=4|pages=2203–2211|doi=10.1111/jfb.13111|pmid=27511812 |bibcode=2016JFBio..89.2203C |url=https://zenodo.org/record/848841}}{{cite iucn|author=Acero, A.|author2= Murdy, E. |author3= Smith, D. |name-list-style=amp |year= 2010 |title= Thalassenchelys foliaceus |page= e.T154642A4595555 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T154642A4595555.en |access-date=24 August 2023}}

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Congriscus maldivensis is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).{{FishBase |genus=Congriscus |species=maldivensis |month=October |year=2016}} It was described by John Roxborough Norman in 1939, originally under the genus Conger.Norman, J. R., 1939 (25 Nov.) Fishes. The John Murray Expedition 1933-34. Scientific Reports, John Murray Expedition v. 7 (no. 1): 1-116. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the Indo-Western Pacific, including Australia, Fiji, Madagascar, Maldives (from which its species epithet is derived), New Caledonia, the Philippines, Vanuatu, and Wallis and Futuna. It dwells at a depth range of {{convert|354–820|m}}. It can reach a maximum standard length of {{convert|35.2|cm}}.