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The Colocongridae, the worm eels or short-tail eels are a family of eels, containing a single genus, ''Coloconger''. Colongrids are found in tropical waters of the Atlantic, Indian, and West Pacific oceans. They are bottom-dwelling fish, living in waters from in depth. Compared with other eels, they have relatively short and stubby bodies, with blunt snouts. ==Species== The nine known species are: Family Colocongridae * Genus ''Coloconger'' * * ''Coloconger cadenati'' Kanazawa, 1961 * * ''Coloconger canina'' (Castle & Raju, 1975) * * ''Coloconger eximia'' (Castle, 1967) * * ''Coloconger giganteus'' (Castle, 1959) (giant leptocephalus) (validity doubtful) * * ''Coloconger japonicus'' Machida, 1984 * * ''Coloconger meadi'' Kanazawa, 1957 * * ''Coloconger raniceps'' Alcock, 1889 (froghead eel) * * ''Coloconger saldanhai'' (Quéro, 2001)〔(UNIVERSAL FISH CATALOGUE - Coloconger saldanhai Quéro 2001 )〕 * * ''Coloconger scholesi'' W. L. Y. Chan, 1967 (Indo-Pacific short-tail conger) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Colocongridae」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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