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Conger oligoporus

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Conger oligoporus
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C. oligoporus
Binomial name
Conger oligoporus
Kanazawa, 1958

Conger oligoporus is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[1] It was described by Robert H. Kanazawa in 1958.[2] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from Hawaii and Guam, in the eastern central and western central Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 2-507 metres, and leads a benthic lifestyle, inhabiting crevices of hard substrata.[1] It feeds predominantly on finfish.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Conger oligoporus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ Kanazawa, R. H., 1958 (6 Oct.) [ref. 12078] A revision of the eels of the genus Conger with descriptions of four new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 108 (no. 3400): 219-267, Pls. 1-4.
  3. ^ Food items reported for Conger oligoporus at www.fishbase.org.