Biology:Xenoconger

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Xenoconger
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Chlopsidae
Genus: Xenoconger
Regan, 1912
Species:
X. fryeri
Binomial name
Xenoconger fryeri
Regan, 1912

Xenoconger is a genus of eels in the family Chlopsidae (false morays). It contains the single species Xenoconger fryeri, or Fryer's false moray.[1][2] This species was described by Charles Tate Regan in 1912.[3] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known solely from Assumption Island in the Indian Ocean and Tokunoshima in the Amami Islands.[4] It is known to dwell at a depth range of 1 to 5 metres (3.3 to 16.4 ft), and inhabit benthic rock crevices. Males are known to reach a total length of 20.5 centimetres (8.1 in).[2] The collector was John Claud Fortescue Fryer.

References

  1. Common names of Xenoconger fryeri at www.fishbase.org.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Xenoconger fryeri" in FishBase. June 2011 version.
  3. Regan, C. T. 1912 (Sept.) [ref. 3643] "New fishes from Aldabra and Assumption, collected by Mr. J. C. F. Fryer". The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. Second Series. Zoology v. 15 (pt 2, no. 18): 301-302.
  4. 日本初記録種「ウンブキアナゴ」 奄美新聞

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