Guinean conger

Guinean conger
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae
Genus: Paraconger
Species: P. notialis
Binomial name
Paraconger notialis
Kanazawa, 1961

The Guinean conger[1] (Paraconger notialis) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[2] It was described by Robert H. Kanazawa in 1961.[3] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from Senegal to Angola, in the eastern Atlantic Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 25-50 metres, and inhabits benthic sand, which it burrows into backwards. Males can reach a maximum total length of 62.7 centimetres.[2]

References

  1. Common names for Paraconger notialis at www.fishbase.org.
  2. 1 2 Paraconger notialis at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Kanazawa, R. H., 1961 (26 Jan.) [ref. 2559] Paraconger, a new genus with three new species of eels (family Congridae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 113 (no. 3450): 1-14, Pls. 1-2.
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