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Diploconger

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Diploconger
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae
Subfamily: Congrinae
Genus: Diploconger
Kotthaus, 1968
Species:
D. polystigmatus
Binomial name
Diploconger polystigmatus
Kotthaus, 1968

Diploconger polystigmatus, or the headband conger, is a species of eel in the family Congridae. It is the only member of the genus Diploconger. It is only found in the Indian Ocean off the western Pacific Ocean at depths of 37–215 meters.[1]

Size

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This species reaches a length of 30.0 cm (11.8 in).[2]

References

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  1. ^ Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley, 1989. Pisces. Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 7. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 665 p.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Diploconger polystigmatus". FishBase. February 2015 version.