Coloconger meadi

Coloconger meadi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Colocongridae
Genus: Coloconger
Species:
C. meadi
Binomial name
Coloconger meadi
Kanazawa, 1957

Coloconger meadi is an eel in the family Colocongridae (worm eels/short-tail eels). It was described by Robert H. Kanazawa in 1957. It is a marine, deep-water dwelling eel from the Gulf of Mexico and Suriname in the western central Atlantic Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 650–925 m. Males can reach a maximum total length of 37.7 cm.

Etymology

The eel is named in honor of ichthyologist Giles W. Mead (1928-2003), who sent the type specimen to Kanazawa.

References

  1. 1 2 Coloconger meadi at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ↑ Kanazawa, R. H., 1957 (26 Aug.) [ref. 12149] "A new species of eel, Coloconger meadi, and new records for the ateleopid fish, Ijimaia antellarum [sic] Howell Rivero, both from the Gulf of Mexico." Copeia 1957 (no. 3): 234-235.
  3. ↑ 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. Archived from the original on 18 November 2021. Retrieved 23 February 2022.