Yellow conger

Yellow conger
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae
Genus: Rhynchoconger
Species: R. flavus
Binomial name
Rhynchoconger flavus
(Goode & Bean, 1896)
Synonyms[1]
  • Congermuraena flava Goode & Bean, 1896
  • Congrina flava (Goode & Bean, 1896)
  • Hildebrandia flava (Goode & Bean, 1896)
  • Rhechias flava (Goode & Bean, 1896)
  • Rhynchoconger flava (Goode & Bean, 1896)

The Yellow conger[2] (Rhynchoconger flavus) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[3] It was described by George Brown Goode and Tarleton Hoffman Bean in 1896.[4] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Gulf of Mexico and the mouth of the Amazon River, in the western Atlantic Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 26 to 183 metres (85 to 600 ft), and inhabits soft sediments. Males can reach a maximum total length of 150 centimetres (59 in), but more commonly reach a TL of 30 centimetres (12 in).[3]

References

  1. ↑ Synonyms of Rhynchoconger flavus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ↑ Common names of Rhynchoconger flavus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. 1 2 Rhynchoconger flavus at www.fishbase.org.
  4. ↑ Goode, G. B. and T. H. Bean, 1896 (23 Aug.) [ref. 1848] Oceanic ichthyology, a treatise on the deep-sea and pelagic fishes of the world, based chiefly upon the collections made by the steamers Blake, Albatross, and Fish Hawk in the northwestern Atlantic, with an atlas containing 417 figures. Special Bulletin U. S. National Museum No. 2: Text: i-xxxv + 1-26 + 1-553, Atlas: i-xxiii, 1-26, 123 pls.
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