Uroconger erythraeus

Uroconger erythraeus

Regional distribution
Marine fish
Indian Ocean
Africa
Anguilliform

Uroconger erythraeus is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by Peter Henry John Castle in 1982. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the Red Sea, in the western Indian Ocean.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Congridae
Genus: Uroconger
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: Sudan, Red Sea. Not clearly different from Uroconger lepturus should larval forms surpass the shallow connection to the Indian Ocean.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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