Coloconger canina
| Coloconger canina | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Colocongridae |
| Genus: | Coloconger |
| Species: | C. canina
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| Binomial name | |
| Coloconger canina (Castle & Raju, 1975)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Coloconger canina is an eel in the family Colocongridae (worm eels/short-tail eels).[2] It was described by Peter Henry John Castle and Solomon N. Raju in 1975.[3] It is a marine, deep-water dwelling eel which is known from leptocephali collected from the Indian Ocean. It is known to dwell at a minimum depth of 300 m.[2]
References
- ^ Synonyms of Coloconger canina at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Coloconger canina at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Castle, P. H. J., and N. S. Raju, 1975 [ref. 772] Some rare leptocephali from the Atlantic and Indo-Pacific oceans. Dana Report No. 85: 1-25, Pl. 1.