manytooth conger

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Smith, D.G. |date=2015 |title=Conger triporiceps |volume=2015 |page=e.T199312A2581381 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T199312A2581381.en |access-date=5 January 2022}}

| taxon = Conger triporiceps

| authority = Kanazawa, 1958

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The manytooth conger (Conger triporiceps), also known as the manytooth conger eel or simply the conger eel,[http://fishbase.mnhn.fr/comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=1017&GenusName=Conger&SpeciesName=triporiceps&StockCode=1033 Common names for Conger triporiceps] at www.fishbase.org. is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[https://archive.today/20130701224337/http://fishbase.mnhn.fr/summary/Conger-triporiceps.html Conger triporiceps] at www.fishbase.org. It was described by Robert H. Kanazawa in 1958.Kanazawa, R. H., 1958 (6 Oct.) [ref. 12078] A revision of the eels of the genus Conger with descriptions of four new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 108 (no. 3400): 219-267, Pls. 1-4. It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the western Atlantic Ocean, including the United States, Bermuda, the Antilles, the western Caribbean, and Brazil. It dwells at a depth range of 3–55 meters, and leads a benthic lifestyle, inhabiting rocky regions and coral reefs. Males can reach a maximum total length of 100 centimeters, but more commonly reach a TL of 80 cm.

The manytooth conger is harvested by subsistence fisheries.