Giant leptocephalus

Giant leptocephalus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Colocongridae
Genus: Coloconger
Species: C. giganteus
Binomial name
Coloconger giganteus
(Castle, 1959)
Synonyms[1]
  • Ascomana giganteus (Castle, 1959)
  • Leptocephalus giganteus Castle, 1959

The giant leptocephalus (Coloconger giganteus) is an eel in the family Colocongridae (worm eels/short-tail eels).[2] It was described by Peter Henry John Castle in 1959.[3] It is a marine, deep-water dwelling eel which is distributed worldwide.[2]

It is suspected that the larvae from which the species was described belong to a species in the genus Notacanthus.

References

  1. ↑ Synonyms of Cologonger giganteus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. 1 2 Coloconger giganteus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ↑ Castle, P. H. J., 1959 (July) [ref. 11986] A large leptocephalid (Teleostei, Apodes) from off South Westland, New Zealand. The eel was once again spotted off the coast of South Africa, apparently, from estimates, an adult would measure a gigantic 21m long. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand v. 87 (pts 1-2): 179-184.


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