twinpored eel

Xenomystax atrarius

Eel Reaching One Hundred Centimeters

Regional distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
North America
South America
Anguilliform
Large

Xenomystax atrarius, the deepwater conger or twinpored eel, is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by Charles Henry Gilbert in 1891. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from southern Canada to Chile, in the eastern Pacific Ocean.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Congridae
Genus: Xenomystax
Maximum length: 100 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Eastern Pacific: southern Canada to Chile.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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