Xenoconger is a genus of eels in the family Chlopsidae (false morays). It contains the single species Xenoconger fryeri, or Fryer's false moray.[2][3] This species was described by Charles Tate Regan in 1912.[4] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known solely from Assumption Island in the Indian Ocean and Tokunoshima in the Amami Islands.[5] It is known to dwell at a depth range of 1 to 5 metres (3.3 to 16.4 ft), and inhabit benthic rock crevices. Males are known to reach a total length of 20.5 centimetres (8.1 in).[3] The collector was John Claud Fortescue Fryer.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Chlopsidae |
| Genus: | Xenoconger Regan, 1912 |
| Species: | X. fryeri
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| Binomial name | |
| Xenoconger fryeri Regan, 1912
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References
edit- ^ McCosker, J.; Smith, D.R. & Tighe, K. (2022). "Xenoconger fryeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T195655A2397717. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T195655A2397717.en. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
- ^ Common names of Xenoconger fryeri at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Xenoconger fryeri". FishBase. June 2011 version.
- ^ Regan, C. T. 1912 (Sept.) [ref. 3643] "New fishes from Aldabra and Assumption, collected by Mr. J. C. F. Fryer". The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. Second Series. Zoology v. 15 (pt 2, no. 18): 301-302.
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