Kenyaconger

Kenyaconger heemstrai
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Congridae
Genus:	Kenyaconger; D. G. Smith & Karmovskaya, 2003
Species:	K. heemstrai
Binomial name
	Kenyaconger heemstrai; D. G. Smith & Karmovskaya, 2003

Kenyaconger heemstrai is a species of eel in the family Congridae. It is the only member of its genus. It is only found in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Kenya at a depth of 275 meters.

References

Tighe, K.; Smith, D.G.; McCosker, J. (2019). "Kenyaconger heemstrai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T199174A2566616. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199174A2566616.en. Retrieved 5 February 2022.

Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Kenyaconger heemstrai" in FishBase. June 2011 version.

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[1] Tighe, K.; Smith, D.G.; McCosker, J. (2019). "Kenyaconger heemstrai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T199174A2566616. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199174A2566616.en. Retrieved 5 February 2022.