Coloconger meadi

Coloconger meadi is an eel in the family Colocongridae (worm eels/short-tail eels).[1] It was described by Robert H. Kanazawa 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]

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

References
  1. Coloconger meadi at www.fishbase.org.
  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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