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Coloconger

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superorder
  
Elopomorpha

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Eel

Family
  
Colocongridae

Rank
  
Genus

Coloconger wwwfishbaseorgimagesspeciesCocadu0jpg

Similar
  
Longneck eel, Myroconger, Eel, Nettastomatidae, Chlopsidae

The Colocongridae, the worm eels or short-tail eels are a family of eels, containing a single genus, Coloconger.

Colongrids are found in tropical waters of the Atlantic, Indian, and West Pacific oceans. They are bottom-dwelling fish, living in waters from 300 to 900 m (980 to 2,950 ft) in depth. Compared with other eels, they have relatively short and stubby bodies, with blunt snouts.

Species

The nine known species are:

Family Colocongridae

  • Genus Coloconger
  • Coloconger cadenati Kanazawa, 1961
  • Coloconger canina (Castle & Raju, 1975)
  • Coloconger eximia (Castle, 1967)
  • Coloconger giganteus (Castle, 1959) (giant leptocephalus) (validity doubtful)
  • Coloconger japonicus Machida, 1984
  • Coloconger meadi Kanazawa, 1957
  • Coloconger raniceps Alcock, 1889 (froghead eel)
  • Coloconger saldanhai (QuĂ©ro, 2001)
  • Coloconger scholesi W. L. Y. Chan, 1967 (Indo-Pacific short-tail conger)
  • References

    Coloconger Wikipedia


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