Indo-Pacific Shorttail Conger
Coloconger scholesi
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Fish
The Indo-Pacific shorttail conger, also known as the short-tail conger, is an eel in the family Colocongridae. It was described by Chan William Lai-Yee in 1967. It is a marine, deep-water dwelling eel which is known from the Indo-Pacific, including southern Mozambique, Natal, South Africa, the South China Sea, and eastern Australia. It dwells at depths of 412–970 m (1,352–3,182 ft). It can reach a maximum total length of 51 centimetres (20 in).
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Anguilliformes
- Family
- Colocongridae
- Genus
- Coloconger