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] This species was described by Charles Tate Regan in 1912.[2] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known solely from Assumption Island in the Indian Ocean and Tokunoshima in the Amami Islands.[3] It is known to dwell at a depth range of 1mto5mm (03feetto16feetm), and inhabit benthic rock crevices. Males are known to reach a total length of 20.5cm (08.1inches). The collector was John Claud Fortescue Fryer.