Diploconger polystigmatus, or the headband conger, is a species of eel in the family Congridae. It is the only member of the genus Diploconger. It is only found in the Indian Ocean off the western Pacific Ocean at depths of 37–215 meters.[1]
Diploconger | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Congridae |
Subfamily: | Congrinae |
Genus: | Diploconger Kotthaus, 1968 |
Species: | D. polystigmatus
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Binomial name | |
Diploconger polystigmatus Kotthaus, 1968
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Size
editThis species reaches a length of 30.0 cm (11.8 in).[2]
References
edit- ^ Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley, 1989. Pisces. Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 7. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 665 p.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Diploconger polystigmatus". FishBase. February 2015 version.