Coloconger
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| Genus: | Coloconger Alcock, 1889
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The Colocongridae, the Worm eels or Short-tail eels are a family of eels, containing a single genus, Coloconger.
Colongrids are found in tropical waters of the Atlantic, Indian, and West Pacific oceans. They are bottom-dwelling fish, living in waters from 300 metres (980 ft) to 900 metres (3,000 ft) depth.[1] Compared with other eels, they have a relatively short and stubby body, with a blunt snout.
Species
There are eight known species of Colocongrid:[2]
Family Colocongridae
- Genus Coloconger
- Coloconger cadenati Kanazawa, 1961
- Coloconger canina (Castle & Raju, 1975)
- Coloconger eximia (Castle, 1967)
- Coloconger giganteus (Castle, 1959) (Giant leptocephalus) (Validity doubtful)
- Coloconger japonicus Machida, 1984
- Coloconger meadi Kanazawa, 1957
- Coloconger raniceps Alcock, 1889 (Froghead eel)
- Coloconger scholesi W. L. Y. Chan, 1967 (Indo-Pacific short-tail conger)
See also
References
- ^ McClosker, John F. (1998). Paxton, J.R. & Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed.). Encyclopedia of Fishes. San Diego: Academic Press. p. 89. ISBN 0-12-547665-5.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: editors list (link) - ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Colocongridae". FishBase. June 2011 version.