Paruroconger

Paruroconger
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae
Subfamily: Congrinae
Genus: Paruroconger
Blache & Bauchot, 1976
Species:
P. drachi
Binomial name
Paruroconger drachi
Blache & Bauchot, 1976

Paruroconger is a monospecific genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Congrinae, the conger eels, in the family Congridae, which also includes the[[garden eel]s.[2] The only species in the genus is Paruroconger drachi, an eel which is known only from the holotype collected in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean off Pointe-Noire in the Republic of Congo.[3]

References

  1. ^ Carpenter, K.E.; Smith-Vaniz, W.F.; de Bruyne, G. & de Morais, L. (2015). "Uroconger drachi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T60485886A60787313. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T60485886A60787313.en. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
  2. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Congridae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
  3. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Paruroconger". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 15 November 2024.


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