Coloconger eximia

Coloconger eximia
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]
  • Ascomana eximia Castle, 1967

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

  1. Synonyms of Coloconger eximia at www.fishbase.org.
  2. 1 2 Coloconger eximia at www.fishbase.org.
  3. 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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