Indo-Pacific shorttail conger

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Indo-Pacific shorttail conger
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Colocongridae
Genus: Coloconger
Species:
C. scholesi
Binomial name
Coloconger scholesi

The Indo-Pacific shorttail conger (Coloconger scholesi), also known as the short-tail conger, [3] is an eel in the family Colocongridae (worm eels/short-tail eels). [1] [3] It was described by Chan William Lai-Yee in 1967. [2] It is a marine, deep-water dwelling eel which is known from the Indo-Pacific, including southern Mozambique, Natal, South Africa, the South China Sea, and eastern Australia. It dwells at depths of 412–970 m (1,352–3,182 ft). [1] [3] It can reach a maximum total length of 51 centimetres (20 in). [3]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Patrick Scholes (ca. 1946–2011), of the Fisheries Laboratory, in Lowestoft, England, for his contributions to the fishery survey program in the South China Sea. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 McCosker, J.; Smith, D.G.; Tighe, K. (2022). "Coloconger scholesi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2022 e.T198979A2546258. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T198979A2546258.en . Retrieved 12 September 2024.
  2. 1 2 Chan, W. L. (12 April 1967). "A new species of congrid eel from the South China Sea". Journal of Natural History. 1 (1): 97–112. doi:10.1080/00222936700770661.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Coloconger scholesi". FishBase . April 2025 version.
  4. ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (27 February 2023). "Family DERICHTHYIDAE Gill 1884 (Longneck Eels and Shorttail Eels)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 12 September 2024.


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