Rhynchoconger Explained

Rhynchoconger is a genus of eels in the family Congridae.

Species

The following species are currently recognised:

• Rhynchoconger bicoloratus Kodeeswaran, Mohapatra, Kumar & Lal, 2023 (Bicolor conger)^[1]
• Rhynchoconger ectenurus (D. S. Jordan & R. E. Richardson, 1909)
• Rhynchoconger flavus (Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896) (Yellow conger)
• Rhynchoconger gracilior (Ginsburg, 1951) (Whiptail conger)
• Rhynchoconger guppyi (Norman, 1925)
• Rhynchoconger humbermariorum (Tommasi, 1960) (Species inquirenda) ^[2]
• Rhynchoconger nitens (D. S. Jordan & Bollman, 1890) (Bignose conger)
• Rhynchoconger smithi Mohapatra, Ho, Acharya, Ray & Mishra, 2022
• Rhynchoconger squaliceps (Alcock, 1894)
• Rhynchoconger trewavasae Ben-Tuvia, 1993

Notes and References

1. Kodeeswaran . Paramasivam . Mohapatra . Anil . Kumar . Thipramalai Thangappan Pillai Ajith . Lal . Kuldeep Kumar . May 2023 . A new deep‐water conger eel of the genus Rhynchoconger (Anguilliformes: Congridae) from the south‐west coast of India, Arabian Sea . Journal of Fish Biology . en . 102 . 5 . 1245–1252 . 10.1111/jfb.15367 . 0022-1112.
2. Melo, M.R.S. & Caires, R.A. (2016): On the taxonomic status of three eels (Teleostei: Anguilliformes) described from Leptocephali by Tommasi (1960). Zoologia, 33 (6): e20160021.