The yellow conger[3] (Rhynchoconger flavus) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).

[4] It was described by George Brown Goode and Tarleton Hoffman Bean in 1896.

[5] 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).