The Colocongridae, the worm eels or short-tail eels are a family of
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 ...
s, 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 in waters from in depth.
Compared with other eels, they have relatively short and stubby bodies, with blunt snouts.
Species
The nine known species are:
Family Colocongridae
* Genus ''Coloconger''
** ''
Coloconger cadenati''
Kanazawa
is the capital city of Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 466,029 in 203,271 households, and a population density of 990 persons per km2. The total area of the city was .
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, 1961
** ''
Coloconger canina''
(Castle
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& Raju
The Raju are a Telugu caste found mostly in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
Varna Status
The Raju caste, which A. Satyanarayana calls the "locally dominant landed gentry", claims Kshatriya status in the varna system despite there being ...
, 1975)
** ''
Coloconger eximia''
(Castle
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, 1967)
** ''
Coloconger giganteus''
(Castle
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, 1959) (giant leptocephalus) (validity doubtful)
** ''
Coloconger japonicus''
Machida, 1984
** ''
Coloconger maculatus''
HO, H.-C. ., TANG, C.-N. ., & CHU, T.-W. . (2021)
** ''
Coloconger meadi''
Kanazawa
is the capital city of Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 466,029 in 203,271 households, and a population density of 990 persons per km2. The total area of the city was .
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, 1957
** ''
''
Alcock, 1889 (froghead eel)
** ''
Coloconger saldanhai''
( Quéro, 2001)UNIVERSAL FISH CATALOGUE - Coloconger saldanhai Quéro 2001
** '' Coloconger scholesi'' W. L. Y. Chan, 1967 (Indo-Pacific short-tail conger)
See also
*List of fish families
This is a list of fish families sorted alphabetically by scientific name. There are 525 families in the list.
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References
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Eels