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Rhynchoconger guppyi

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Rhynchoconger guppyi is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by John Roxborough Norman in 1925, originally under the genus Congromuraena. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the western central Atlantic Ocean, including the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean, northern South America and southern Brazil. It dwells at a depth range of 137 to 458 metres (449 to 1,503 ft), and inhabits the continental slope. Males can reach a maximum total length of 95 centimetres (37 in).

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