Atlantic Shorttail Eel

Coloconger meadi

Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
North America
South America
Elongated
Medium

Coloconger meadi is an eel in the family Colocongridae (worm eels/short-tail eels). It was described by Robert H. Kanazawa in 1957. It is a marine, deep-water dwelling eel from the Gulf of Mexico and Suriname in the western central Atlantic Ocean.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Colocongridae
Genus: Coloconger
Maximum length: 37.7 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Western Central Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico and off Suriname.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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