Coloconger eximia
| Coloconger eximia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Colocongridae |
| Genus: | Coloconger |
| Species: | C. eximia |
| Binomial name | |
| Coloconger eximia (Castle, 1967) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Coloconger eximia is an eel in the family Colocongridae (worm eels/short-tail eels).[2] It was described by Peter Henry John Castle in 1967, originally under the genus Ascomana.[3] It is a marine, deep-water dwelling eel which is known from Cape Peninsula, South Africa, in the southeastern Atlantic Ocean.[2]
References
- ↑ Synonyms of Coloconger eximia at www.fishbase.org.
- 1 2 Coloconger eximia at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Castle, P. H. J., 1967 (Aug.) [ref. 770] Two remarkable eel-larvae from off southern Africa. Special Publication, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 1: 1-12, Pls. 1-2.
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