| Valid name | Conger |
| Synonym | Congrus Linnaeus, 1758, by orig. design.). |
| Synonym | Type: Muraena conger Linnaeus, 1758, by absolute tautonomy. |
| Synonym | Conger (Cuvier) Oken, 1817 |
| Synonym | Forskalichthys Rüppell, 1828, by orig. design., 'Red Sea'). |
| Synonym | Microconger Fowler, 1912, by orig. design. 'Lower California'). |
| Synonym | Isognatha De Kay apud Gill, 1861, suppl. to Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad.: 56 (type: Anguilla oceanica Stor |
| Synonym | Gender: M; Isis, 1: 1181 (misprinted as 1781) |
| Synonym | Astroconger Jordan and Hubbs, 1925, Mem. Carneg. Mus., 10, 2: 194 (type: Anguilla myriaster Brevoort, 1856, by ori |