Bignose conger

The bignose conger (Rhynchoconger nitens, also known as the needletail conger) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[2] It was described by David Starr Jordan and Charles Harvey Bollman in 1890.[3] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the eastern central and southeastern Pacific Ocean, including Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, and Peru.[2][4] It dwells at a depth range of 25–90 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 40 centimetres, but more commonly reach a TL of 30 cm.[2]

Bignose conger
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae
Genus: Rhynchoconger
Species:
R. nitens
Binomial name
Rhynchoconger nitens
(Jordan & Bollman, 1890)
Synonyms[1]
  • Ophisoma nitens Jordan & Bollman, 1890
  • Hildebrandia nitens (Jordan & Bollman, 1890)

Due to its widespread distribution, lack of known threats, and lack of observed population decline, the IUCN redlist currently Lists the bignose conger as Least Concern.[4]

References
  1. Synonyms of Rhynchoconger nitens at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Rhynchoconger nitens Archived 2013-07-01 at archive.today at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Jordan, D. S. and C. H. Bollman, 1890 (5 Feb.) [ref. 2433] Descriptions of new species of fishes collected at the Galapagos Islands and along the coast of the United States of Colombia, 1887-'88. In: Scientific results of explorations by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross. Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 12 (no. 770): 149-183.
  4. Rhynchoconger nitens at the IUCN redlist.
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