Coloconger eximia

Coloconger eximia

Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Africa
Anguilliform

Coloconger eximia is an eel in the family Colocongridae (worm eels/short-tail eels). It was described by Peter Henry John Castle in 1967, originally under the genus Ascomana. It is a marine, deep-water dwelling eel which is known from Cape Peninsula, South Africa, in the southeastern Atlantic Ocean.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Colocongridae
Genus: Coloconger
Water type: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform