Neoconger | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Moringuidae |
Genus: | Neoconger Girard, 1858 |
Type species | |
Neoconger mucronatus Girard, 1858 [1] | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Neoconger is a genus of eels of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Moringuidae, the spaghetti eels. These eels occur in shallow tropical and subtropical waters.
Neoconger contains these described species: [2]
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