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Neoconger
Sign in to saveNeoconger 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.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderAnguilliformes
- FamilyMoringuidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 10
- Family
- Moringuidae
- Collections
- USNM, ANSP, ZMUC
- Recorded in
- Brazil, United States
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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.
==Species== Neoconger contains these described species: Neoconger anaelisae (Tommasi, 1960) Neoconger hygomi D. G. Smith, 2024 Neoconger mucronatus Girard, 1858 (ridged eel) Neoconger torrei (Howell-Rivero, 1932) Neoconger tuberculatus (Castle, 1965) (swollengut worm eel) Neoconger vermiformis C. H. Gilbert, 1890 (smalleye spaghetti-eel)
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