Paruroconger

Paruroconger
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Congridae
Subfamily:	Congrinae
Genus:	Paruroconger Blache & Bauchot, 1976
Species:	P. drachi
Binomial name
Paruroconger drachi Blache & Bauchot, 1976

Paruroconger is a monospecific genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Congrinae, the conger eels, in the family Congridae, which also includes the garden eels. ^[2] The only species in the genus is Paruroconger drachi, an eel which is known only from the holotype collected in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean off Pointe-Noire in the Republic of Congo. ^[3]

References

1. Carpenter, K.E.; Smith-Vaniz, W.F.; de Bruyne, G. & de Morais, L. (2015). "Uroconger drachi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2015: e.T60485886A60787313. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T60485886A60787313.en . Retrieved 15 November 2024.
2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Congridae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 15 November 2024.
3. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Paruroconger". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 15 November 2024.