Biology:Coloconger
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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 to 900 m (980 to 2,950 ft) in depth.[1] Compared with other eels, they have relatively short and stubby bodies, with blunt snouts.
Species
The ten known species are:[2]
- Genus Coloconger
- Coloconger cadenati Kanazawa, 1961
- Coloconger canina (Castle & Raju, 1975)
- Coloconger eximia (Castle, 1967)
- Coloconger giganteus (Castle, 1959) (giant leptocephalus)
- Coloconger japonicus Machida, 1984
- Coloconger maculatus Ho, Tang & Chu, 2021 [3]
- Coloconger meadi Kanazawa, 1957
- Coloconger raniceps Alcock, 1889 (froghead eel)
- Coloconger saldanhai (Quéro, 2001)[4]
- Coloconger scholesi W. L. Y. Chan, 1967 (Indo-Pacific short-tail conger)
See also
References
- ↑ McClosker, John F. (1998). Encyclopedia of Fishes. San Diego: Academic Press. p. 89. ISBN 0-12-547665-5.
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Species in the genus Coloconger". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?tbl=species&genus=Coloconger.
- ↑ "Coloconger maculatus sp. nov., a species of short-tail eel from eastern Taiwan (Anguilliformes: Colocongridae)". Zootaxa 5016 (2): 271–282. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5016.2.7.
- ↑ "Coloconger saldanhai Quéro 2001". http://www.fishwise.co.za/Default.aspx?TabID=110&SpecieConfigId=290056.
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