Rhynchoconger ectenurus
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| Rhynchoconger ectenurus | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Congridae |
| Genus: | Rhynchoconger |
| Species: | R. ectenurus
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| Binomial name | |
| Rhynchoconger ectenurus (D. S. Jordan & R. E. Richardson, 1909)
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Rhynchoconger ectenurus, known commonly as the longnose conger in Australia,[3] is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[4] It was described by David Starr Jordan in Robert Earl Richardson in 1909, originally under the genus Leptocephalus.[5] It is a marine, subtropical eel which is known from the western Pacific Ocean, including northern Australia, Japan, the Korean Peninsula, and the eastern China Sea. It inhabits soft sediments on the continental shelf and slope. Males can reach a maximum total length of 65 centimetres (26 in; 2.13 ft).[4]
References
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- ^ Synonyms of Rhynchoconger ectenurus Archived 2014-05-24 at the Wayback Machine at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Common names of Rhynchoconger ectenurus Archived 2014-05-24 at the Wayback Machine at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Rhynchoconger ectenurus Archived 2013-07-02 at archive.today at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Jordan, D. S. and R. E. Richardson, 1909 [ref. 2493] A catalogue of the fishes of the island of Formosa, or Taiwan, based on the collections of Dr. Hans Sauter. Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum v. 4 (no. 4): 159-204, Pls. 63-74.
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