Create allergy card
← Browse ingredients

Pike Conger

Pike conger is a marine eel-like fish commonly cooked in soups, grilled dishes, stews, and other seafood preparations.

Pike Conger — illustrative ingredient image

About Pike Conger

Pike conger is a long, eel-shaped marine fish used in soups, broths, stews, grilled dishes, and other seafood preparations. The name is used regionally, so the exact fish represented can vary; in culinary use it generally refers to substantial eel-like fish prepared as sections, portions, or a whole specimen.

The flesh is usually pale after cooking, with a firm, meaty texture and savoury seafood flavour. Moist cooking can keep it succulent, while grilling or roasting develops a browned surface and a denser bite. Skin, bones, and gelatinous connective tissue may contribute body to stocks and broths.

Pike conger may be sold whole, in thick bone-in sections, or as trimmed portions and fillets. A whole fish has a long cylindrical body and prominent head, whereas prepared pieces show pale flesh beside skin and bones. It is often cut into chunks before simmering or grilled in sections.

Ingredient type
whole food

FOLLOW IT TO THE PLATE

Where will you meet it?

Explore the dishes that use this ingredient and their country and cuisine connections.

Explore linked dishes

ON A MENU OR LABEL

Find local names and written forms to help recognise this ingredient.

See local names

Where pike conger appears

2 linked foods

Find foods to recognise by country and type. Recipes and products vary; these are recorded ingredient connections.

Showing 1–2 of 2

Main dishes

Rice dishes

Ingredient connections awaiting review · Coverage is still growing, including packaged snacks.

Name examples awaiting language review. Confirm the specific food or product.

Local names for pike conger

Names and romanised forms to recognise on menus and labels.

English

pike conger

Available names only. Languages may be spoken in other countries; a name alone does not identify every ingredient in a dish.

Pike Conger nutrition & diet

Pike Conger nutritional value

Fish, conger pike, raw — MEXT 10231

Per 100 g of the edible portion in the explicitly named reference form.

Calories
132kcal
Protein
22.3g
Carbs
Trace
Fat
5.3g

Trace: the source reports a very small amount per 100 g, not zero. No exact quantity is available to calculate for a different portion.

Per 100 g edible portion. Values use MEXT 2023 with March 2026 corrections; the English food name is matched by food code from the official English edition. Carbohydrate is total carbohydrate by difference. Values in parentheses in the source are estimates reported by MEXT. This reference does not cover other preparations or brands.

Portions & preparation

Establish the exact fish identity, edible cut, and preparation before using a reference, because pike conger may be sold whole, as fillets, or in regional dishes. Grilling, simmering, frying, smoking, and sauce-based preparations can add oil, coatings, broth, or sweeteners.

Compare the right form: Match references to verified pike conger identity, cut, skin and bone inclusion, and cooked form; regional name, species, and recipe details must be established.

Diet considerations

Pike conger is animal-derived marine fish, but the exact species and local name should be confirmed. Compatibility changes with breading, cereal ingredients, egg or dairy batters, animal fats, sauces, and mixed soups. Plain fish differs in carbohydrate pattern from fried, glazed, stuffed, or noodle-based preparations.

AI-authored reading notes · Awaiting editorial review. Measured values, where available, have a separate source above.

Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Typically incompatible
  • Vegetarian
    Typically incompatible
  • Pescatarian
    Typically compatible
  • Keto
    May be compatible
  • Paleo
    May be compatible
  • Low-carb
    May be compatible
  • Halal
    Not established
  • Kosher
    Not established
What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · Typically incompatible
The ingredient profile identifies an animal-derived food or derivative.
Vegetarian · Typically incompatible
The profile identifies animal flesh, seafood or a derivative excluded by a vegetarian diet.
Pescatarian · Typically compatible
Seafood fits this pescatarian definition. Added meat-based stock or other ingredients would need checking separately.
Keto · May be compatible
The plain form may fit a carbohydrate-restricted diet. Check the portion, added sugar, coatings and sauces against the nutrition values above.
Paleo · May be compatible
May fit a paleo pattern, depending on the cut or form, processing and added ingredients.
Low-carb · May be compatible
The plain form may fit a carbohydrate-restricted diet. Check the portion, added sugar, coatings and sauces against the nutrition values above.
Halal · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish halal status.
Kosher · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish kosher status.

For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.

Reviewed ingredient entryIngredient reference · Preparations vary

AI-generated illustration for visual context. It does not identify a particular product or establish allergen content.

Sources & review

Nutrition reference: MEXT Standard Tables of Food Composition in Japan, 2023 supplement, corrected March 2026 ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.

Expanded overview, name examples and nutrition notes are database drafts awaiting editorial review. Numeric nutrition values, where shown, have their own source and food-form reference.

The ingredient description and dish connections come from the draft catalogue and may change after review.

Last recorded verification: .