Family Colocongridae - Short-tail eels
  Order
:
Colocongridae
  Class
:
Teleostei
No. in FishBase
:
Genera : 1 | Species : 9 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
  Environment
:
Fresh : No | Brackish : No | Marine : Yes
  Division
:
Marine
  Aquarium
:
none
  First Fossil Record
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  Remark
:
Distribution: Atlantic, Indian, and western Pacific Oceans. Body stubby and snout blunt (least elongate anguilliform); lateral line complete, most pores in short tubes; anus well behind midlength; pectoral fin well developed; vomerine teeth absent; vertebrae 142-163. Suggested new common name for this family from Ref. 58418.
  Etymology
:
Greek, kolos = tail + Latin, conger = conger ( Ref. 45335).
  Reproductive guild
:
nonguarders
  Typical activity level
:
  Main Ref.
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  Coordinator
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  Deep Fin Classification
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Species/Synonymy list for the family Colocongridae as currently in FishBase

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Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination
Coloconger raniceps Alcock, 1889
acceptedseniororiginal
Coloconger meadi Kanazawa, 1957
acceptedseniororiginal
Coloconger cadenati Kanazawa, 1961
acceptedseniororiginal
Coloconger eximia (Castle, 1967)
acceptedseniornew
Ascomana eximia Castle, 1967
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Coloconger canina (Castle & Raju, 1975)
acceptedseniornew
Ascomana canina Castle & Raju, 1975
synonymseniororiginal
Coloconger japonicus Machida, 1984
acceptedseniororiginal
Coloconger saldanhai Quéro, 2001
acceptedseniororiginal
Coloconger maculatus Ho, Tang & Chu, 2021
acceptedseniororiginal
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