Article Nº 1016 Fish Vol. I · p. 578
Congro de Natura (Conger macrops)
Original title: Congro de Natura. (Conger macrops)
A very rare deep-water conger eel in Madeiran waters, distinguished from the common conger by its large eyes and watery flesh.
A fish of the eel family, very rare in Madeiran waters, where it has been caught on the line in deep water. Among other characteristics, it is distinguished from the common conger by the great size of its eyes and by its less firm, almost watery flesh. In Machico it is called congra, or rather cronga, by corruption.
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