Slender conger
The slender conger is an eel in the family Congridae. It was described by John Richardson in 1845, originally under the genus Congrus. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Indo-Western Pacific Ocean, including the Red Sea, South Africa, and Japan. It dwells at a depth range of, and inhabits sand and mud. Males can reach a maximum total length of, but more commonly reach a TL of.
The slender conger's diet consists of small benthic crustaceans. It is of commercial interest to fisheries.