Congriscus

Congriscus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae
Genus: Congriscus
D. S. Jordan & C. L. Hubbs, 1925
Species

3, see text.

Synonyms

Thalassenchelys Castle & Raju, 1975 [1]

Congriscus is a genus of eels in the family Congridae.[2]

Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[2][3]

References

  1. Kurogi, H., Chow, S., Yanagimoto, T., Konishi, K., Nakamichi, R., Sakai, K., Ohkawa, T., Saruwatari, T., Takahashi, M., Ueno, Y. & Mochioka, N. (2015). "Adult form of a giant anguilliform leptocephalus Thalassenchelys coheni Castle and Raju 1975 is Congriscus megastomus (Günther 1877)". Ichthyological Research 63 (2): 239–246.
  2. 1 2 Eschmeyer, W. N. and R. Fricke (eds) (4 January 2016). "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  3. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2015). Species of Congriscus in FishBase. October 2015 version.


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