Uroconger

Uroconger lepturus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Congroidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Elopocephalai Supercohors: Elopocephala Cohors/Superordo: Elopomorpha Ordo: Anguilliformes Subordo: Congroidei

Familia: Congridae
Subfamilia: Congrinae
Genus: Uroconger
Species: U. drachi – U. erythraeus – U. gracilis – U. lepturus – U. syringinus

Name

Uroconger Kaup, 1856: 71

Type species: Congrus lepturus Richardson, 1845

Synonyms

• Paruroconger Blache & Bauchot, 1976

References

Primary references

• Kaup, J.J. 1856. Uebersicht der Aale. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 22(1): 41–77. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Ba, M. 2026. Uroconger gracilis sp. nov., a slender conger eel (Anguilliformes: Congridae) from the South China Sea. Zootaxa 5875(6): 501–534. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5875.6.1. Reference page. 
• Uroconger species list in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2026. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

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