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Class: Teleostei
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Colocongridae Short-tail eels

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Photo by Cambraia Duarte, P.M.N. (c)ImagDOP Eastern Atlantic Max. Length 90 cm TL Coloconger cadenati Kanazawa, 1961 Photo by Cambraia Duarte, P.M.N. (c)ImagDOP Coloconger cadenati	No picture found Coloconger canina	No picture found Coloconger eximia
No picture found Max. Length 46.1 cm TL Coloconger giganteus [Giant leptocephalus]	Photo by Ho, H.-C. Northwest Pacific Max. Length 56 cm TL Coloconger japonicus Machida, 1984 Photo by Ho, H.-C. Coloconger japonicus	Photo by Ho, H.-C. Northwest Pacific Max. Length 52 cm TL Coloconger maculatus Ho, Tang & Chu, 2021 Photo by Ho, H.-C. Coloconger maculatus [Caudal-spot short-tail eel]
Photo by JAMARC Western Central Atlantic Max. Length 37.7 cm TL Coloconger meadi Kanazawa, 1957 Photo by JAMARC Coloconger meadi	No picture found Max. Length 4.5 cm TL Coloconger paucitubus [Solomon short-tailed conger]	Photo by Welter-Schultes, F. Indo-West Pacific Max. Length 50 cm TL Coloconger raniceps Alcock, 1889 Photo by Welter-Schultes, F. Coloconger raniceps [Froghead eel]
No picture found Max. Length 29.2 cm TL Coloconger saldanhai	Photo by SFSA Indo-Pacific Max. Length 51 cm TL Coloconger scholesi Chan, 1967 Photo by SFSA Coloconger scholesi [Indo-Pacific shorttail conger]

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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)	Year
Coloconger cadenati		Eastern Atlantic	90 TL	1961
Coloconger canina		Eastern Indian Ocean		1975
Coloconger eximia		Southeast Atlantic		1967
Coloconger giganteus	Giant leptocephalus	Circumglobal	46.1 TL	1959
Coloconger japonicus		Northwest Pacific	56 TL	1984
Coloconger maculatus	Caudal-spot short-tail eel	Northwest Pacific	52 TL	2021
Coloconger meadi		Western Central Atlantic	37.7 TL	1957
Coloconger paucitubus	Solomon short-tailed conger	Western Central Pacific	4.5 TL	2025
Coloconger raniceps	Froghead eel	Indo-West Pacific	50 TL	1889
Coloconger saldanhai		Western Central Pacific	29.2 TL	2001
Coloconger scholesi	Indo-Pacific shorttail conger	Indo-Pacific	51 TL	1967

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Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: TeleosteiOrder: AnguilliformesFamily: Colocongridae Short-tail eels

Class: Teleostei
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Colocongridae Short-tail eels