Swollengut worm eel
| Swollengut worm eel | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Moringuidae |
| Genus: | Neoconger |
| Species: | N. tuberculatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Neoconger tuberculatus (Castle, 1965) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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The swollengut worm eel[2] (Neoconger tuberculatus) is an eel in the family Moringuidae (spaghetti/worm eels).[3] It was described by Peter Henry John Castle in 1965, originally under the genus Leptocephalus.[4] It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling eel endemic to Australia.[3]
References
- ↑ Synonyms of Neoconger tuberculatus at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Common names for Neoconger tuberculatus at www.fishbase.org.
- 1 2 Neoconger tuberculatus at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Castle, P. H. J., 1965 (16 Sept.) [ref. 9203] Moringuid leptocephali in Australasian waters. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand Zoology v. 7 (no. 7): 125-133.
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