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Rhynchoconger squaliceps

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Actinopterygii

Family
  
Congridae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Anguilliformes

Genus
  
Rhynchoconger

Rhynchoconger squaliceps is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by Alfred William Alcock in 1894, originally under the genus Congromuraena. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Bay of Bengal, in the western Indian Ocean. It is known to dwell at a depth of 234 metres (768 ft).

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Rhynchoconger squaliceps Wikipedia