Coloconger canina explained

Coloconger canina is an eel in the family Colocongridae (worm eels/short-tail eels).[1] It was described by Peter Henry John Castle and Solomon N. Raju in 1975.[2] 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.[1]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Coloconger-canina.html Coloconger canina
  2. 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.