Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Order Anguilliformes | |
Congriscus marquesaensis is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya in 2004. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the Marquesas Islands (from which its species epithet is derived), in the eastern central Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 391-408 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 27.3 centimetres.
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