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Coloconger
Sign in to saveThe Colocongridae, the worm eels or short-tail eels, are a family of eels, containing a single genus, Coloconger.
Species
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderAnguilliformes
- FamilyColocongridae
Habitatmarine
Observations3
Observations recorded617
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 70
- With media
- 116
- Family
- Colocongridae
- Collections
- MNHN, CSIRO
- Recorded in
- Indonesie, Madagascar, Salomon(I.), Vanuatu, Australia
Wikidata facts
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Colocongridae
- Image
- Coloconger raniceps.jpg
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- taxon name
- Coloconger
- topic's main category
- Category:Coloconger
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- Colocongridae
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The Colocongridae, the worm eels or short-tail eels, are a family of eels, containing a single genus, Coloconger.
Colongrids are found in tropical waters of the Atlantic, Indian, and West Pacific oceans. They are bottom-dwelling fish, living in waters from in depth. Compared with other eels, they have relatively short and stubby bodies, with blunt snouts.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Coloconger” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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