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Family: Colocongridae Short-tail eels



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9 species (see list below)

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Photo by Cambraia Duarte, P.M.N. (c)ImagDOP

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 90 cm TL
Coloconger cadenati Kanazawa, 1961

Photo by Cambraia Duarte, P.M.N. (c)ImagDOP
 
Coloconger cadenati
[]
No picture found
Eastern Indian Ocean
 
Coloconger canina
[]
No picture found
Southeast Atlantic
 
Coloconger eximia
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 56 cm TL
 
Coloconger japonicus
[]

Photo by JAMARC

Western Central Atlantic
Max. Length 37.7 cm TL
Coloconger meadi Kanazawa, 1957

Photo by JAMARC
 
Coloconger meadi
[]

Photo by Welter-Schultes, F.

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 50 cm TL
Coloconger raniceps Alcock, 1889

Photo by Welter-Schultes, F.
 
Coloconger raniceps
[Froghead eel]

Photo by SFSA

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 51 cm TL
Coloconger scholesi Chan, 1967

Photo by SFSA
 
Coloconger scholesi
[Indo-Pacific shorttail conger]
No picture found
North Pacific
Max. Length 30.4 cm TL
 
Thalassenchelys coheni
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No picture found
Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 22.8 cm TL
 
Thalassenchelys foliaceus
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9 Species of Family Colocongridae
(Short-tail eels)
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Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
1961 Coloconger cadenati Eastern Atlantic 90 TL
1975 Coloconger canina Eastern Indian Ocean
1967 Coloconger eximia Southeast Atlantic
1984 Coloconger japonicus Northwest Pacific 56 TL
1957 Coloconger meadi Western Central Atlantic 37.7 TL
1889 Coloconger raniceps Froghead eel Indo-West Pacific 50 TL
1967 Coloconger scholesi Indo-Pacific shorttail conger Indo-Pacific 51 TL
1975 Thalassenchelys coheni North Pacific 30.4 TL
1975 Thalassenchelys foliaceus Indo-West Pacific 22.8 TL



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