Kenyaconger

Kenyaconger
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Congridae
Subfamily:	Bathymyrinae
Genus:	Kenyaconger D. G. Smith & Karmovskaya, 2003
Species:	K. heemstrai
Binomial name
Kenyaconger heemstrai D. G. Smith & Karmovskaya, 2003

Kenyaconger heemstrai is a species of eel in the family Congridae. It is the only member of the genus Kenyaconger. It is only found in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Kenya at a depth of 275 meters.

References

1. Tighe, K.; Smith, D.G.; McCosker, J. (2019). "Kenyaconger heemstrai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 e.T199174A2566616. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199174A2566616.en . Retrieved 5 February 2022.

• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Kenyaconger heemstrai". FishBase . June 2011 version.