Coloconger canina

Coloconger canina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Colocongridae
Genus:	Coloconger
Species:	C. canina
Binomial name
	Coloconger canina; (Castle & Raju, 1975)
Synonyms[1]
	Ascomana canina Castle & Raju, 1975;

Coloconger canina is an eel in the family Colocongridae (worm eels/short-tail eels).[2] It was described by Peter Henry John Castle and Solomon N. Raju 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.
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.

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[1] Synonyms of Coloconger canina at www.fishbase.org.

[Fishbase-2] Coloconger canina at www.fishbase.org.

[Castle_&_Raju,_1975-3] 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.