Congridae

Acromycter alcocki

Acromycter alcocki

Deep water eel of the Hawaiian Islands

• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Pacific Ocean
• Anguilliform
• Medium

Acromycter alcocki is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by Charles Henry Gilbert and Frank Cramer in 1897, originally under the genus Promyllantor. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from Hawaii, in the eastern central Pacific Ocean.