The Colocongridae, the worm eels or short-tail eels, are a family of eels, containing a single genus, Coloconger.
Colongrids are found in tropical waters of the Atlantic, Indian, and West Pacific oceans. They are bottom-dwelling fish, living in waters from in depth. Compared with other eels, they have relatively short and stubby bodies, with blunt snouts.
Species
The ten known species are:
- Genus Coloconger
- Coloconger cadenati <small>Kanazawa, 1961</small>
- Coloconger canina <small>(Castle & Raju, 1975)</small>
- Coloconger eximia <small>(Castle, 1967)</small>
- Coloconger giganteus <small>(Castle, 1959)</small> (giant leptocephalus)
- Coloconger japonicus <small>Machida, 1984</small>
- Coloconger maculatus <small>Ho, Tang & Chu, 2021</small>
- Coloconger meadi <small>Kanazawa, 1957</small>
- Coloconger raniceps <small>Alcock, 1889</small> (froghead eel)
- Coloconger saldanhai <small>(Quéro, 2001)</small>
- Coloconger scholesi <small>W. L. Y. Chan, 1967</small> (Indo-Pacific short-tail conger)
See also
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