''Coloconger canina'' is an

eel Eels are ray-finned fish belonging to the order Anguilliformes (), which consists of eight suborders, 19 families, 111 genera, and about 800 species. Eels undergo considerable development from the early larval stage to the eventual adult stage ...

in the family

Colocongridae 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 i ...

(worm eels/short-tail eels).''Coloconger canina''
at www.fishbase.org. It was described by

Peter Henry John Castle Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a su ...

and Solomon N. Raju in 1975.Castle, P. H. J., and N. S. Raju, 1975 ef. 772Some rare leptocephali from the Atlantic and Indo-Pacific oceans.'' Dana Report'' No. 85: 1-25, Pl. 1. It is a

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, deep-water dwelling eel which is known from

leptocephali Leptocephalus (meaning "slim head") is the flat and transparent larva of the eel, marine eels, and other members of the superorder Elopomorpha. This is one of the most diverse groups of teleosts, containing 801 species in 4 orders, 24 famili ...

collected from the

Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia to the east. To the south it is bounded by th ...

. It is known to dwell at a minimum depth of 300 m.

References

Eels Taxa named by Peter Henry John Castle Taxa named by Solomon N. Raju Fish described in 1975 {{Anguilliformes-stub