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

Genus: Coloconger

(See list of species below)


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9 species (see list below)
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Photo by Cambraia Duarte, P.M.N. (c)ImagDOP

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 90 cm TL
Coloconger cadenati Kanazawa, 1961

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Coloconger cadenati
[]
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Coloconger canina
[]
No picture found
 
Coloconger eximia
[]

Photo by Ho, H.-C.

Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 56 cm TL
Coloconger japonicus Machida, 1984

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Coloconger japonicus
[]

Photo by Ho, H.-C.

Northwest Pacific

Coloconger maculatus Ho, Tang & Chu, 2021

Photo by 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

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Coloconger meadi
[]

Photo by Welter-Schultes, F.

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 50 cm TL
Coloconger raniceps Alcock, 1889

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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

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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 japonicus Northwest Pacific 56 TL 1984
Coloconger maculatus Caudal-spot short-tail eel Northwest Pacific 2021
Coloconger meadi Western Central Atlantic 37.7 TL 1957
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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