Colongrids are found in tropical waters of the Atlantic, Indian, and West Pacific oceans. They are bottom-dwelling fish, living in waters from 300 to 900 m (980 to 2,950 ft) in depth.[1] Compared with other eels, they have relatively short and stubby bodies, with blunt snouts.
^McClosker, John F. (1998). Paxton, J.R.; Eschmeyer, W.N. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Fishes. San Diego: Academic Press. p. 89. ISBN0-12-547665-5.
^Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). "Colocongridae" in FishBase. June 2011 version.
^Coloconger maculatus sp. nov., a species of short-tail eel from eastern Taiwan (Anguilliformes: Colocongridae). Zootaxa, 5016(2), 271–282. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5016.2.7
^UNIVERSAL FISH CATALOGUE - Coloconger saldanhai Quéro 2001 2013-12-15 at the Wayback Machine
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coloconger, colocongridae, worm, eels, short, tail, eels, family, eels, containing, single, genus, ranicepsscientific, classificationkingdom, animaliaphylum, chordataclass, actinopterygiiorder, anguilliformessuborder, congroideifamily, colocongridaegenus, alco. The Colocongridae the worm eels or short tail eels are a family of eels containing a single genus Coloconger ColocongerColoconger ranicepsScientific classificationKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ChordataClass ActinopterygiiOrder AnguilliformesSuborder CongroideiFamily ColocongridaeGenus ColocongerAlcock 1889SpeciesSee textColongrids are found in tropical waters of the Atlantic Indian and West Pacific oceans They are bottom dwelling fish living in waters from 300 to 900 m 980 to 2 950 ft in depth 1 Compared with other eels they have relatively short and stubby bodies with blunt snouts Species editThe ten known species are 2 Family Colocongridae Genus Coloconger Coloconger cadenati Kanazawa 1961 Coloconger canina Castle amp Raju 1975 Coloconger eximia Castle 1967 Coloconger giganteus Castle 1959 giant leptocephalus validity doubtful Coloconger japonicus Machida 1984 Coloconger maculatus HO H C TANG C N amp CHU T W 2021 3 Coloconger meadi Kanazawa 1957 Coloconger raniceps Alcock 1889 froghead eel Coloconger saldanhai Quero 2001 4 Coloconger scholesi W L Y Chan 1967 Indo Pacific short tail conger See also editList of fish familiesReferences edit McClosker John F 1998 Paxton J R Eschmeyer W N eds Encyclopedia of Fishes San Diego Academic Press p 89 ISBN 0 12 547665 5 Froese Rainer and Daniel Pauly eds 2011 Colocongridae in FishBase June 2011 version Coloconger maculatus sp nov a species of short tail eel from eastern Taiwan Anguilliformes Colocongridae Zootaxa 5016 2 271 282 https doi org 10 11646 zootaxa 5016 2 7 UNIVERSAL FISH CATALOGUE Coloconger saldanhai Quero 2001 Archived 2013 12 15 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Coloconger amp oldid 1180029870, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
