Guppy Conger

Rhynchoconger guppyi

Fish Reaching Ninety Five Centimeters in the Caribbean Sea

Tropical
Southern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
North America
South America
Anguilliform
Large
Tropical fish

Rhynchoconger guppyi is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by John Roxborough Norman in 1925, originally under the genus Congromuraena. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the western central Atlantic Ocean, including the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean, northern South America and southern Brazil.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Congridae
Genus: Rhynchoconger
Maximum length: 95 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Western Central Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico and Caribbian to northern coast of South America and down to southern Brazil.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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