Coloconger saldanhai
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| Species: | C. saldanhai
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| Coloconger saldanhai Quéro, 2001
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Coloconger saldanhai is an eel in the family Colocongridae (worm eels/short-tail eels).[1] It was described by J.C. Quéro in 2001.[2] It is a marine eel which is known from New Caledonia.[1]
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of Luiz Saldanha (1937-1997) who collaborated with Quéro and co-discovered this eel.[3]
References
- ^ a b UNIVERSAL FISH CATALOGUE - Coloconger saldanhai Quéro 2001 Archived 2013-12-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Colocongridae (Pisces: Anguilliformes) de Nouvelle-Calédonie (Pacifique sud-ouest). Description de *Coloconger saldanhai* sp. n. Boletim do Museu Municipal do Funchal, 2001.
- ^ 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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