Rhynchoconger

Rhynchoconger flavus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Congroidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Elopocephalai Supercohors: Elopocephala Cohors/Superordo: Elopomorpha Ordo: Anguilliformes Subordo: Congroidei

Familia: Congridae
Subfamilia: Congrinae
Genus: Rhynchoconger
Species (7): R. ectenurus – R. flavus – R. gracilior – R. guppyi – R. nitens – R. smithi – R. squaliceps – R. trewavasae

Name

Rhynchoconger Jordan & Hubbs, 1925: 192, 196

Type species: Leptocephalus ectenurus ♂ Jordan & Richardson, 1909. Type by original designation (also monotypic).

Synonyms

• Hildebrandia Jordan & Evermann, 1927: 502

References

• Jordan, D.S. & C.L. Hubbs 1925: Record of fishes obtained by David Starr Jordan in Japan, 1922. Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum, 10(2): 93–346, Pls. 5-12.
• Castle, P.H.J. & D.G. Smith 1999: A reassessment of the eels of the genus Bathycongrus in the Indo-west Pacific. Journal of Fish Biology, 54(5): 973–995.

Vernacular names

English: Conger Eels