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Diagnostic Description

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Snout short and rounded; eye large; mouth corner situated just below posterior margin of pupil; number or preanal lateral line pores 70-72 (Ref. 13608).
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Coloconger meadi

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Coloconger meadi is an eel in the family Colocongridae (worm eels/short-tail eels).[1] It was described by Robert H. Kanazawa in 1957.[2] It is a marine, deep-water dwelling eel from the Gulf of Mexico and Suriname in the western central Atlantic Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 650–925 m. Males can reach a maximum total length of 37.7 cm.[1]

Etymology

The eel is named in honor of ichthyologist Giles W. Mead (1928-2003), who sent the type specimen to Kanazawa.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Coloconger meadi at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ Kanazawa, R. H., 1957 (26 Aug.) [ref. 12149] A new species of eel, Coloconger meadi, and new records for the ateleopid fish, Ijimaia antellarum [sic] Howell Rivero, both from the Gulf of Mexico. Copeia 1957 (no. 3): 234-235.
  3. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order ANGUILLIFORMES: Families PROTANGUILLIDAE, SYNAPHOBRANCHIDAE, HETERENCHELYIDAE, MYROCONGRIDAE, MURAENIDAE, CHLOPSIDAE and DERICHTHYIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
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Coloconger meadi: Brief Summary

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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. It dwells at a depth range of 650–925 m. Males can reach a maximum total length of 37.7 cm.

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