Coloconger meadi

Coloconger meadi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Colocongridae
Genus:	Coloconger
Species:	C. meadi
Binomial name
	Coloconger meadi; Kanazawa, 1957

Coloconger meadi is an eel in the family Colocongridae (worm eels/short-tail eels).^[1] It was described by in 1957.^[2] It is a marine, deep-water dwelling eel from the Gulf of Mexico and Suriname in the western central Atlantic Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 650–925 m. Males can reach a maximum total length of 37.7 cm.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b Coloconger meadi at www.fishbase.org.
^ Kanazawa, R. H., 1957 (26 Aug.) [ref. 12149] A new species of eel, Coloconger meadi, and new records for the ateleopid fish, Ijimaia antellarum [sic] Howell Rivero, both from the Gulf of Mexico. Copeia 1957 (no. 3): 234-235.

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[Fishbase-1] Coloconger meadi at www.fishbase.org.

[Kanazawa,_1957-2] Kanazawa, R. H., 1957 (26 Aug.) [ref. 12149] A new species of eel, Coloconger meadi, and new records for the ateleopid fish, Ijimaia antellarum [sic] Howell Rivero, both from the Gulf of Mexico. Copeia 1957 (no. 3): 234-235.

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