Bristletooth conger
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| Species: | X. congroides
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| Xenomystax congroides Smith & Kanazawa, 1989
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The bristletooth conger (Xenomystax congroides) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[1] It was described by David G. Smith and Robert H. Kanazawa in 1989.[2] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the western Atlantic Ocean, including northeastern Florida, U.S.A.; the Gulf of Mexico, the Amazon River, the Bahamas and the West Indies. It dwells at a depth range of 140–825 meters. Males can reach a maximum total length of 87.6 centimeters.[1]
References
- ^ a b Xenomystax congroides at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Smith, D. G., 1989 [ref. 13285] [Various eel families] In: E. B. Böhlke (ed.) [ref. 13282]. Memoirs of the Sears Foundation of Marine Research Mem. 1 (part 9).
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