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Cynoponticus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superorder
  
Elopomorpha

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Eel

Class
  
Actinopterygii

Family
  
Muraenesocidae

Rank
  
Genus

Cynoponticus wwwdiscoverlifeorgIMIRR0003320Cynoponticus

Similar
  
Guayana pike‑conger, Eel, Congresox, Muraenesocidae, Yellow pike conger

Cynoponticus is a small genus of eels found throughout the Indo-Pacific. It is one of four genera in the family Muraenesocidae. It currently has three described species, which were formerly in the genus Muraenesox. Members are found in a wide distribution of the Atlantic Ocean, Pacific and Indian Oceans. They may be found in the west part of the Mediterranean Sea as well. They are nonguarders of their young.

Species

  • Cynoponticus coniceps (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882) (Red pike conger)
  • Cynoponticus ferox O. G. Costa, 1846 (Guinean pike conger)
  • Cynoponticus savanna (Bancroft, 1831) (Guayana pike conger)
  • References

    Cynoponticus Wikipedia