Swollengut worm eel

Swollengut worm eel
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Moringuidae
Genus:	Neoconger
Species:	N. tuberculatus
Binomial name
	Neoconger tuberculatus; (Castle, 1965)
Synonyms[1]
	Leptocephalus tuberculatus Castle, 1965;

The swollengut worm eel[2] (Neoconger tuberculatus) is an eel in the family Moringuidae (spaghetti/worm eels).[3] It was described by Peter Henry John Castle in 1965, originally under the genus Leptocephalus.[4] It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling eel endemic to Australia.[3]

References

Synonyms of Neoconger tuberculatus at www.fishbase.org.
Common names for Neoconger tuberculatus at www.fishbase.org.
Neoconger tuberculatus at www.fishbase.org.
Castle, P. H. J., 1965 (16 Sept.) [ref. 9203] Moringuid leptocephali in Australasian waters. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand Zoology v. 7 (no. 7): 125-133.

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[1] Synonyms of Neoconger tuberculatus at www.fishbase.org.

[2] Common names for Neoconger tuberculatus at www.fishbase.org.

[Fishbase-3] Neoconger tuberculatus at www.fishbase.org.

[Castle,_1965-4] Castle, P. H. J., 1965 (16 Sept.) [ref. 9203] Moringuid leptocephali in Australasian waters. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand Zoology v. 7 (no. 7): 125-133.