Coloconger meadi
| Coloconger meadi | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Colocongridae |
| Genus: | Coloconger |
| Species: | C. meadi |
| Binomial name | |
| Coloconger meadi Kanazawa, 1957 | |
Coloconger meadi is an eel in the family Colocongridae (worm eels/short-tail eels).[1] It was described by Robert H. Kanazawa in 1957.[2] It is a marine, deep-water dwelling eel from the Gulf of Mexico and Suriname in the western central Atlantic Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 650-925 m. Males can reach a maximum total length of 37.7 cm.[1]
References
- 1 2 Coloconger meadi at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Kanazawa, R. H., 1957 (26 Aug.) [ref. 12149] A new species of eel, Coloconger meadi, and new records for the ateleopid fish, Ijimaia antellarum [sic] Howell Rivero, both from the Gulf of Mexico. Copeia 1957 (no. 3): 234-235.
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