Xenoconger

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Xenoconger
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Chlopsidae
Genus: Xenoconger
Regan, 1912
Species:
X. fryeri
Binomial name
Xenoconger fryeri
Regan, 1912

Xenoconger is a genus of eels in the family Chlopsidae (false morays). It contains the single species Xenoconger fryeri, or Fryer's false moray. [2] [3] This species was described by Charles Tate Regan in 1912. [4] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known solely from Assumption Island in the Indian Ocean and Tokunoshima in the Amami Islands. [5] It is known to dwell at a depth range of 1 to 5 metres (3.3 to 16.4 ft), and inhabit benthic rock crevices. Males are known to reach a total length of 20.5 centimetres (8.1 in). [3] The collector was John Claud Fortescue Fryer.

References

  1. McCosker, J.; Smith, D.R. & Tighe, K. (2022). "Xenoconger fryeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2022 e.T195655A2397717. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T195655A2397717.en . Retrieved 6 November 2024.
  2. Common names of Xenoconger fryeri at www.fishbase.org.
  3. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Xenoconger fryeri". FishBase . June 2011 version.
  4. Regan, C. T. 1912 (Sept.) [ref. 3643] "New fishes from Aldabra and Assumption, collected by Mr. J. C. F. Fryer". The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. Second Series: Zoology v. 15 (pt 2, no. 18): 301-302.
  5. 日本初記録種「ウンブキアナゴ」 奄美新聞