Xenomystax trucidans

Xenomystax trucidans

Regional distribution
Marine fish
Indian Ocean
South Asia
Anguilliform
Large

Xenomystax trucidans is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by Alfred William Alcock in 1894. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from Maldives and Laccadives, in the western Indian Ocean.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Congridae
Genus: Xenomystax
Water type: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform