Colocongridae

Coloconger canina

Coloconger canina

Transparent leaf shaped larvae

• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Indian Ocean
• Anguilliform

Coloconger canina is an eel in the family Colocongridae (worm eels/short-tail eels). It was described by Peter Henry John Castle and Solomon N. Raju in 1975. It is a marine, deep-water dwelling eel which is known from leptocephali collected from the Indian Ocean.