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SpeciesAnguilliformesCongridae
Fish

🐟European conger

Conger conger (Linnaeus, 1758)

Havsål (Conger conger) är en art i familjen havsålar av ordningen ålartade fiskar som lever i östra Atlanten; från Norge och Island i norr till Senegal i söder. Den finns även i Medelhavet och i Svarta havet. Havsålen är en bottenlevande, nattaktiv art som återfinns på djup ner till cirka 1 150 meter. Den kan bli upp till 3 meter lång och väga över 100 kilogram som mest. Den lever på fiskar, kräftdjur och bläckfiskar. Havsålen får avkomma enbart en gång under sin levnad, och den blir könsmogen någon gång vid 5–15 års ålder. Den lägger sin rom i Medelhavet och i Atlanten utanför Portugal. En hona kan producera upp till 8 miljoner ägg. Unga havsålar lever nära kusten, men vuxna individer återfinns längre ut till havs. Havsålen är en uppskattad matfisk.

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Also called
conger, Eel, Conger, Conger Eel, Congers, Sea Eel
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2015.

Population trendIncreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
110 kg
Body length
1 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
not recorded
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Everything we know about the European conger

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Body mass
110 kgmaximum recorded
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Body length
1 mrecord 3 m · FishBasetypical adult
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Record: largest individual on record

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Trophic level
4.31
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Diet
carnivoreaverage
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From trophic level 4.31 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.

Danger to humans
reports of ciguatera poisoning
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Volume l
110 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for European conger yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force, maximum lifespan.

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderAnguilliformes
  4. ›familyCongridae
  5. ›genusConger
  6. ›speciesConger conger
Full lineage
  1. superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
  2. subclassNeopterygii
  3. superorderElopomorpha
  4. genusConger
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
  7. classActinopteri
  8. subclassNeopterygii
  9. superorderElopomorpha
  10. genusConger
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Havål (nb), Meeraal (de), Congrio común (es), Congre commun (fr), Kongeraal (nl), meriankerias (fi) … and 22 more languages
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