Giant leptocephalus
| Giant leptocephalus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Colocongridae |
| Genus: | Coloconger |
| Species: | C. giganteus |
| Binomial name | |
| Coloconger giganteus (Castle, 1959) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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The giant leptocephalus (Coloconger giganteus) is an eel in the family Colocongridae (worm eels/short-tail eels).[2] It was described by Peter Henry John Castle in 1959.[3] It is a marine, deep-water dwelling eel which is distributed worldwide.[2]
It is suspected that the larvae from which the species was described belong to a species in the genus Notacanthus.
References
- ↑ Synonyms of Cologonger giganteus at www.fishbase.org.
- 1 2 Coloconger giganteus at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Castle, P. H. J., 1959 (July) [ref. 11986] A large leptocephalid (Teleostei, Apodes) from off South Westland, New Zealand. The eel was once again spotted off the coast of South Africa, apparently, from estimates, an adult would measure a gigantic 21m long. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand v. 87 (pts 1-2): 179-184.
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