Coloconger Explained

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 300to in depth.^[1] Compared with other eels, they have relatively short and stubby bodies, with blunt snouts.

Species

The ten known species are:

Family Colocongridae

• Genus Coloconger
  • Coloconger cadenati Kanazawa, 1961
  • Coloconger canina (Castle & Raju, 1975)
  • Coloconger eximia (Castle, 1967)
  • Coloconger giganteus (Castle, 1959) (giant leptocephalus) (validity doubtful)
  • Coloconger japonicus Machida, 1984
  • Coloconger maculatus HO, H.-C. ., TANG, C.-N. ., & CHU, T.-W. . (2021) ^[2]
  • Coloconger meadi Kanazawa, 1957
  • Coloconger raniceps Alcock, 1889 (froghead eel)
  • Coloconger saldanhai (Quéro, 2001)^[3]
  • Coloconger scholesi W. L. Y. Chan, 1967 (Indo-Pacific short-tail conger)

See also

• List of fish families

Notes and References

1. Book: Paxton, J.R. . Eschmeyer, W.N. . McClosker, John F.. 1998. Encyclopedia of Fishes. Academic Press. San Diego. 89. 0-12-547665-5.
2. Coloconger maculatus sp. nov., a species of short-tail eel from eastern Taiwan (Anguilliformes: Colocongridae). Zootaxa, 5016(2), 271–282. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5016.2.7
3. http://www.fishwise.co.za/Default.aspx?TabID=110&SpecieConfigId=290056 UNIVERSAL FISH CATALOGUE - Coloconger saldanhai Quéro 2001