Rhynchoconger

Rhynchoconger
Rhynchoconger flavus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Congridae
Subfamily:	Congrinae
Genus:	Rhynchoconger D. S. Jordan & C. L. Hubbs, 1925
Type species
Leptocephalus ectenurus D. S. Jordan & Richardson, 1909

Rhynchoconger is a genus of eels in the family Congridae.[1]

Species

The following species are currently recognised:[1][2]

• Rhynchoconger bicoloratus Kodeeswaran, Mohapatra, Kumar & Lal, 2023 (Bicolor conger)[3][2]
• Rhynchoconger ectenurus (D. S. Jordan & R. E. Richardson, 1909)
• Rhynchoconger flavus (Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896) (Yellow conger)
• Rhynchoconger gracilior (Ginsburg, 1951) (Whiptail conger)
• Rhynchoconger guppyi (Norman, 1925)
• Rhynchoconger humbermariorum (Tommasi, 1960) (Species inquirenda) [4]
• Rhynchoconger nitens (D. S. Jordan & Bollman, 1890) (Bignose conger)
• Rhynchoconger smithi Mohapatra, Ho, Acharya, Ray & Mishra, 2022
• Rhynchoconger squaliceps (Alcock, 1894)
• Rhynchoconger trewavasae Ben-Tuvia, 1993

References

1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Rhynchoconger". FishBase. December 2023 version.
2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Rhynchoconger". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
3. Kodeeswaran, Paramasivam; Mohapatra, Anil; Kumar, Thipramalai Thangappan Pillai Ajith; Lal, Kuldeep Kumar (May 2023). "A new deep‐water conger eel of the genus Rhynchoconger ( Anguilliformes: Congridae ) from the south‐west coast of India, Arabian Sea". Journal of Fish Biology. 102 (5): 1245–1252. doi:10.1111/jfb.15367. ISSN 0022-1112.
4. Melo, M.R.S. & Caires, R.A. (2016): On the taxonomic status of three eels (Teleostei: Anguilliformes) described from Leptocephali by Tommasi (1960). Zoologia, 33 (6): e20160021.