Coloconger cadenati

Coloconger cadenati

Colocongrid Fish from the Atlantic Ocean

Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Africa
Anguilliform
Large

Coloconger cadenati is an eel in the family Colocongridae (worm eels/short-tail eels). It was described by Robert H. Kanazawa in 1961. It is a marine, deep-water dwelling eel which is known from Senegal to the Gulf of Guinea in the eastern Atlantic Ocean.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Colocongridae
Genus: Coloconger
Maximum length: 90 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Senegal to Gulf of Guinea.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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