Rhynchoconger is a genus of eels in the family Congridae.[1]
| Rhynchoconger | |
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| Rhynchoconger flavus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Congridae |
| Subfamily: | Congrinae |
| Genus: | Rhynchoconger D. S. Jordan & C. L. Hubbs, 1925 |
Species edit
The following species are currently recognised:[1][2]
- Rhynchoconger bicoloratus Kodeeswaran, Mohapatra, Kumar & Lal, 2023 (Bicolor conger)[3][2]
- Rhynchoconger ectenurus (D. S. Jordan & R. E. Richardson, 1909)
- Rhynchoconger flavus (Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896) (Yellow conger)
- Rhynchoconger gracilior (Ginsburg, 1951) (Whiptail conger)
- Rhynchoconger guppyi (Norman, 1925)
- Rhynchoconger humbermariorum (Tommasi, 1960) (Species inquirenda) [4]
- Rhynchoconger nitens (D. S. Jordan & Bollman, 1890) (Bignose conger)
- Rhynchoconger smithi Mohapatra, Ho, Acharya, Ray & Mishra, 2022
- Rhynchoconger squaliceps (Alcock, 1894)
- Rhynchoconger trewavasae Ben-Tuvia, 1993
References edit
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2023). Species of Rhynchoconger in FishBase. December 2023 version.
- ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Rhynchoconger". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
- ^ Kodeeswaran, Paramasivam; Mohapatra, Anil; Kumar, Thipramalai Thangappan Pillai Ajith; Lal, Kuldeep Kumar (May 2023). "A new deep‐water conger eel of the genus Rhynchoconger ( Anguilliformes: Congridae ) from the south‐west coast of India, Arabian Sea". Journal of Fish Biology. 102 (5): 1245–1252. doi:10.1111/jfb.15367. ISSN 0022-1112.
- ^ Melo, M.R.S. & Caires, R.A. (2016): On the taxonomic status of three eels (Teleostei: Anguilliformes) described from Leptocephali by Tommasi (1960). Zoologia, 33 (6): e20160021.
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