''Coloconger meadi'' 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 meadi''
at www.fishbase.org. It was described by

Robert H. Kanazawa The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...

in 1957.Kanazawa, R. H., 1957 (26 Aug.) ef. 12149A new species of eel,'' Coloconger meadi'', and new records for the ateleopid fish, ''Ijimaia antellarum'' icHowell Rivero, both from the Gulf of Mexico.'' Copeia 1957 (no. 3): 234-235. It is a

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, deep-water dwelling eel from the

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and

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in the western central

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. It dwells at a depth range of 650–925 m. Males can reach a maximum

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of 37.7 cm.

Etymology

The eel is named in honor of ichthyologist

Giles W. Mead Giles may refer to: People * Giles (given name), male given name (Latin: ''Aegidius'') * Giles (surname), family name * Saint Giles (650–710), 7th–8th-century Christian hermit saint * Giles of Assisi, Aegidius of Assisi, 13th-century c ...

(1928-2003), who sent the type specimen to Kanazawa.

References

Eels Taxa named by Robert H. Kanazawa Fish described in 1957 {{Anguilliformes-stub