Fish Identification: Find Species

Family: Colocongridae Short-tail eels

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Coloconger cadenati
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Coloconger canina
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Coloconger eximia
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Photo by Photo by Ho, H.-C.

Coloconger japonicus
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Photo by Photo by Ho, H.-C.

Coloconger maculatus
[Caudal-spot short-tail eel]

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Coloconger meadi
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Photo by Photo by Welter-Schultes, F.

Coloconger raniceps
[Froghead eel]

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Max. Length 29.2 cm TL

Coloconger saldanhai
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Photo by Photo by SFSA

Coloconger scholesi
[Indo-Pacific shorttail conger]

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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)	Year
Coloconger cadenati		Eastern Atlantic	90 TL	1961
Coloconger canina		Eastern Indian Ocean		1975
Coloconger eximia		Southeast Atlantic		1967
Coloconger japonicus		Northwest Pacific	56 TL	1984
Coloconger maculatus	Caudal-spot short-tail eel	Northwest Pacific	52 TL	2021
Coloconger meadi		Western Central Atlantic	37.7 TL	1957
Coloconger raniceps	Froghead eel	Indo-West Pacific	50 TL	1889
Coloconger saldanhai		Western Central Pacific	29.2 TL	2001
Coloconger scholesi	Indo-Pacific shorttail conger	Indo-Pacific	51 TL	1967

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Fish Identification: Find Species

Family: Colocongridae Short-tail eels(See list of species below)

Family: Colocongridae Short-tail eels

(See list of species below)