Margintail conger | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Congridae |
Genus: | Paraconger |
Species: | P. caudilimbatus
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Binomial name | |
Paraconger caudilimbatus (
Poey, 1867)
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Synonyms [2] | |
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The margintail conger [3] (Paraconger caudilimbatus) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). [4] It was described by Felipe Poey in 1867, originally under the genus Echelus. [5] It is a subtropical, marine eel which is known from the western Atlantic Ocean, including the United States ( North Carolina and Florida), Bahamas, the Gulf of Mexico, Cuba, Venezuela, and Colombia. It is known to dwell at a depth range of 35–75 meters, and leads a benthic lifestyle, inhabiting sand and mud in the neritic zone. Males reach an average total length of 35 centimeters, but can reach a maximum TL of 51 cm. [4]
Margintail conger | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Congridae |
Genus: | Paraconger |
Species: | P. caudilimbatus
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Binomial name | |
Paraconger caudilimbatus (
Poey, 1867)
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Synonyms [2] | |
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The margintail conger [3] (Paraconger caudilimbatus) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). [4] It was described by Felipe Poey in 1867, originally under the genus Echelus. [5] It is a subtropical, marine eel which is known from the western Atlantic Ocean, including the United States ( North Carolina and Florida), Bahamas, the Gulf of Mexico, Cuba, Venezuela, and Colombia. It is known to dwell at a depth range of 35–75 meters, and leads a benthic lifestyle, inhabiting sand and mud in the neritic zone. Males reach an average total length of 35 centimeters, but can reach a maximum TL of 51 cm. [4]