The Muraenesocidae, or pike congers, are a small family of marine eels found worldwide in tropical and subtropical seas.[1] Some species are known to enter brackish water.
Pike congers have cylindrical bodies, scaleless skin, narrow heads with large eyes, and strong teeth. Their dorsal fins start above the well-developed pectoral fins. These rather aggressive fish range from 60 to 250 cm (2.0 to 8.2 ft) in length.
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About 15 known species are recognized in 6 genera:[2]
muraenesocidae, pike, congers, small, family, marine, eels, found, worldwide, tropical, subtropical, seas, some, species, known, enter, brackish, water, muraenesox, cinereus, scientific, classification, domain, eukaryota, kingdom, animalia, phylum, chordata, c. The Muraenesocidae or pike congers are a small family of marine eels found worldwide in tropical and subtropical seas 1 Some species are known to enter brackish water Muraenesocidae Muraenesox cinereus Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Actinopterygii Order Anguilliformes Suborder Congroidei Family MuraenesocidaeBleeker 1864 Genera see text Pike congers have cylindrical bodies scaleless skin narrow heads with large eyes and strong teeth Their dorsal fins start above the well developed pectoral fins These rather aggressive fish range from 60 to 250 cm 2 0 to 8 2 ft in length Genera editAbout 15 known species are recognized in 6 genera 2 Genus Congresox Genus Cynoponticus Genus Gavialiceps Genus Muraenesox Genus Oxyconger Genus SauromuraenesoxReferences edit McCosker 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 2017 Muraenesocidae in FishBase June 2017 version A Dictionary of Zoology 1999 originally published by Oxford University Press 1999 nbsp This Anguilliformes article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Muraenesocidae amp oldid 1179986195, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
