Margintail conger
Species of fish From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The margintail conger[3] (Paraconger caudilimbatus) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[4] It was described by Felipe Poey in 1867, originally under the genus Echelus.[5] It is a subtropical, marine eel which is known from the western Atlantic Ocean, including the United States (North Carolina and Florida), Bahamas, the Gulf of Mexico, Cuba, Venezuela, and Colombia. It is known to dwell at a depth range of 35–75 meters, and leads a benthic lifestyle, inhabiting sand and mud in the neritic zone. Males reach an average total length of 35 centimeters, but can reach a maximum TL of 51 cm.[4]
| Margintail conger | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Congridae |
| Genus: | Paraconger |
| Species: | P. caudilimbatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Paraconger caudilimbatus (Poey, 1867) | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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