Tropical finless piscine (6,3)

I believe the answer is:

conger eel

(Other definitions for conger eel that I've seen before include "Large slippery fish" , "swimmer" , "Predatory sea creature" , "one is long in the water" , "Predatory fish" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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