Coloconger canina
Coloconger canina | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia
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Phylum: | Chordata
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Order: | Anguilliformes
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Family: | Colocongridae
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Genus: | |
Species: | C. canina
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Binomial name | |
Coloconger canina (Castle & Raju, 1975)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Coloconger canina is an eel in the family Colocongridae (worm eels/short-tail eels).[2] It was described by and 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[]
- ^ Synonyms of Coloconger canina at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Coloconger canina at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ 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.
Categories:
- Eels
- Fish described in 1975
- Anguilliformes stubs