yellow conger
Rhynchoconger flavus (Goode & Bean, 1896)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Yellow conger ( Rhynchoconger flavus ). Gulf of Mexico.
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Open encyclopedia reference
The yellow conger (Rhynchoconger flavus) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by George Brown Goode and Tarleton Hoffman Bean in 1896. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Gulf of Mexico and the mouth of the Amazon River, in the western Atlantic Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 26 to 183 meters (85 to 600 ft), and inhabits soft sediments. Males can reach a maximum total length of 150 centimeters (59 in), but more commonly reach a TL of 30 centimeters (12 in).
Wikipedia contributors, Yellow conger; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T03:34:58.297649+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Rhynchoconger flavus (Goode & Bean, 1896)
- Name authority
- (Goode & Bean, 1896)
- Common name
- yellow conger
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Anguilliformes
- Family
- Congridae
- Genus
- Rhynchoconger
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderAnguilliformes
- familyCongridae Kaup, 1856
- subfamilyCongrinae Kaup, 1856
- genusRhynchoconger Jordan & Hubbs, 1925
- speciesRhynchoconger flavus (Goode & Bean, 1896)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Rhynchoconger. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Rhynchoconger ectenurus (Jordan & Richardson, 1909) | CongridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rhynchoconger bicoloratus Kodeeswaran, Mohapatra, Kumar & Lal, 2023 | CongridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rhynchoconger eocenicus (Shepherd, 1916) | CongridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| whiptail congerRhynchoconger gracilior (Ginsburg, 1951) | CongridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rhynchoconger guppyi (Norman, 1925) | CongridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| needletail congerRhynchoconger nitens (Jordan & Bollman, 1890) | CongridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rhynchoconger squaliceps (Alcock, 1894) | CongridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rhynchoconger trewavasae Ben-Tuvia, 1993 | CongridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Hildebrandia flava (Goode & Bean, 1896) (Goode & Bean, 1896) | synonym |
| Rhechias flava (Goode & Bean, 1896) (Goode & Bean, 1896) | synonym |
| Rhynchoconger flava (Goode & Bean, 1896) (Goode & Bean, 1896) | synonym |
| Congermuraena flava Goode & Bean, 1896 Goode & Bean, 1896 | synonym |
| Congrina flava (Goode & Bean, 1896) (Goode & Bean, 1896) | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158571 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4SRNG. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.