| Neoconger | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Moringuidae |
| Genus: | Neoconger Girard, 1858 |
| Type species | |
| Neoconger mucronatus Girard, 18581
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| Synonyms1 | |
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Neoconger is a genus of eels of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Moringuidae, the spaghetti eels. These eels occur in shallow tropical and subtropical waters.
Species
Neoconger contains these described species:2
- Neoconger anaelisae (Tommasi, 1960)
- Neoconger hygomi D. G. Smith, 2024
- Neoconger mucronatus Girard, 1858 (ridged eel)
- Neoconger torrei (Howell-Rivero, 1932)
- Neoconger tuberculatus (Castle, 1965) (swollengut worm eel)
- Neoconger vermiformis C. H. Gilbert, 1890 (smalleye spaghetti-eel)
References
References
- Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Moringuidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
- Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Neoconger". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Neoconger". FishBase. June 2011 version.