Coloconger canina

Coloconger canina

Transparent leaf shaped larvae

Regional distribution
Marine fish
Indian Ocean
Anguilliform

Coloconger canina is an eel in the family Colocongridae (worm eels/short-tail eels). It was described by Peter Henry John Castle and Solomon N. Raju in 1975. It is a marine, deep-water dwelling eel which is known from leptocephali collected from the Indian Ocean.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Colocongridae
Genus: Coloconger
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean: Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Conservation status: DDData Deficient

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