Oxyconger leptognathus, the shorttail pike conger, is an eel in the family Muraenesocidae. It is the only member of the genus Oxyconger. It is found in the western Pacific Ocean from Japan to Australia.
Oxyconger | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Muraenesocidae |
Genus: | Oxyconger Bleeker, 1864 |
Species: | O. leptognathus
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Binomial name | |
Oxyconger leptognathus (Bleeker, 1858)
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References
edit- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Oxyconger leptognathus". FishBase. June 2011 version.