Kingdom Animalia Family Colocongridae Genus Coloconger Order Eel | Class Actinopterygii Phylum Chordata Rank Species | |
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Similar Eel, Coloconger, Notacanthus, Notacanthiformes, Halosaur | ||
The giant leptocephalus (Coloconger giganteus) is an eel in the family Colocongridae (worm eels/short-tail eels). It was described by Peter Henry John Castle in 1959. It is a marine, deep-water dwelling eel which is distributed worldwide.
It is suspected that the larvae from which the species was described belong to a species in the genus Notacanthus.
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