Uroconger drachi

Uroconger drachi is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[2] It was described by Jacques Blache and Marie-Louise Bauchot in 1976.[3] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from a single specimen taken from Pointe Noire, Republic of the Congo, in the eastern Atlantic Ocean. From the holotype it is known to dwell at a depth of 120 metres (390 ft). Males can reach a total length of 41.5 centimetres (16.3 in).[2]

Uroconger drachi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae
Genus: Uroconger
Species:
U. drachi
Binomial name
Uroconger drachi
(Blache & Bauchot, 1976)
Synonyms[1]
  • Paruroconger drachi Blache & Bauchot, 1976

References
  1. Synonyms of Uroconger drachi at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Uroconger drachi at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Blache, J. and M.-L. Bauchot, 1976 [ref. 305] Contribution à la connaissance des poissons Anguilliformes de la côte occidentale d'Afrique. 16e note: les familles des Congridae et des Colocongridae. Bulletin de l'Institut Francais d'Afrique Noire (Sér A) Sciences Naturelles v. 38 (no. 2): 369-444.


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