Indo-Pacific shorttail conger

The Indo-Pacific shorttail conger (Coloconger scholesi), also known as the short-tail conger,[1] is an eel in the family Colocongridae (worm eels/short-tail eels).[2] It was described by Chan William Lai-Yee in 1967.[3] It is a marine, deep-water dwelling eel which is known from the Indo-Pacific, including southern Mozambique, Natal, South Africa, the South China Sea, and eastern Australia. It dwells at a maximum depth of 810 metres. Males are known to reach a maximum total length of 51 centimetres.[2]

Indo-Pacific shorttail conger
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Anguilliformes
Family:
Colocongridae
Genus:
Coloconger
Species:
C. scholesi
Binomial name
Coloconger scholesi
W. L. Y. Chan, 1967

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Patrick Scholes (ca. 1946-2011), of the Fisheries Laboratory, in Lowestoft, England, for his contributions to the fishery survey program in the South China Sea.[4]

References
  1. Common names for Coloconger scholesi at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Coloconger scholesi at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Chan, W. L., 1967 (12 Apr.) [ref. 7951] A new species of congrid eel from the South China Sea. Journal of Natural History v. 1 (no. 1): 97-112.
  4. https://etyfish.org/


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