| Common name | Shorttail conger |
| Language | English |
| Type | FAO old |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 4 - (Less common name) |
| Country | Global |
| Locality | |
| Ref. | Smith, D.G., 1995 |
| Life stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | primary lexeme |
| 1st modifier | morphology |
| 2nd modifier | |
| Remarks | 'conger' from Middle English 'congre', from Old French, from Latin 'congr-', 'conger', probably from Greek 'gongros' (Ref. 27888). Name not listed in ASFIS version 2006 (Ref. 56807). |