Guinean conger
Species of fish From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Guinean conger[2] (Paraconger notialis) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[3] It was described by Robert H. Kanazawa in 1961.[4] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from Senegal to Angola, in the eastern Atlantic Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 25–50 metres, and inhabits benthic sand, which it burrows into backwards. Males can reach a maximum total length of 62.7 centimetres.[3]
| Guinean conger | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Congridae |
| Genus: | Paraconger |
| Species: | P. notialis |
| Binomial name | |
| Paraconger notialis Kanazawa, 1961 | |
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