Yellow conger
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Congridae |
| Genus: | Rhynchoconger |
| Species: | R. flavus
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| Rhynchoconger flavus (Goode & Bean, 1896)
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The yellow conger[3] (Rhynchoconger flavus) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[4] It was described by George Brown Goode and Tarleton Hoffman Bean in 1896.[5] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Gulf of Mexico and the mouth of the Amazon River, in the western Atlantic Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 26 to 183 meters (85 to 600 ft), and inhabits soft sediments. Males can reach a maximum total length of 150 centimeters (59 in), but more commonly reach a TL of 30 centimeters (12 in).[4]
References
- ^ Smith, D.G. (2015). "Rhynchoconger flavus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T199223A2571860. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T199223A2571860.en. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
- ^ Synonyms of Rhynchoconger flavus at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Common names of Rhynchoconger flavus at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Rhynchoconger flavus at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Goode, G. B. and T. H. Bean, 1896 (23 Aug.) [ref. 1848] Oceanic ichthyology, a treatise on the deep-sea and pelagic fishes of the world, based chiefly upon the collections made by the steamers Blake, Albatross, and Fish Hawk in the northwestern Atlantic, with an atlas containing 417 figures. Special Bulletin U. S. National Museum No. 2: Text: i-xxxv + 1-26 + 1-553, Atlas: i-xxiii, 1-26, 123 pls.
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