Coloconger canina

Coloconger canina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Colocongridae
Genus: Coloconger
Species: C. canina
Binomial name
Coloconger canina
(Castle & Raju, 1975)
Synonyms[1]
  • Ascomana canina Castle & Raju, 1975

Coloconger canina is an eel in the family Colocongridae (worm eels/short-tail eels).[2] It was described by Peter Henry John Castle and Solomon N. Raju in 1975.[3] It is a marine, deep-water dwelling eel which is known from leptocephali collected from the Indian Ocean. It is known to dwell at a minimum depth of 300 m.[2]

References

  1. Synonyms of Coloconger canina at www.fishbase.org.
  2. 1 2 Coloconger canina at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Castle, P. H. J., and N. S. Raju, 1975 [ref. 772] Some rare leptocephali from the Atlantic and Indo-Pacific oceans. Dana Report No. 85: 1-25, Pl. 1.
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