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'''''Xenoconger''''' is a genus of [[eel]]s in |
'''''Xenoconger''''' is a genus of [[eel]]s in the family [[Chlopsidae]] (false morays). It contains the single species '''''Xenoconger fryeri''''', or '''Fryer's false moray'''.<ref>[http://www.fishbase.org/comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=56862&GenusName=Xenoconger&SpeciesName=fryeri&StockCode=46723 Common names of ''Xenoconger fryeri''] at www.fishbase.org.</ref><ref name="Fishbase">{{FishBase |genus= Xenoconger|species= fryeri| month = June| year = 2011}}</ref> This species was described by [[Charles Tate Regan]] in 1912.<ref name="Regan, 1912">Regan, C. T. 1912 (Sept.) [ref. 3643] "New fishes from Aldabra and Assumption, collected by Mr. J. C. F. Fryer". ''The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London''. Second Series. Zoology v. 15 (pt 2, no. 18): 301-302.</ref> It is a [[tropical]], [[marine biology|marine]] eel which is known solely from [[Assumption Island]] in the [[Indian Ocean]] and [[Tokunoshima]] in the [[Amami Islands]].<ref>[https://amamishimbun.co.jp/2021/05/01/31243/ 日本初記録種「ウンブキアナゴ」 奄美新聞]</ref> It is known to dwell at a depth range of {{convert|1|to|5|m|ft}}, and inhabit benthic rock crevices. Males are known to reach a [[total length]] of {{convert|20.5|cm|in}}.<ref name="Fishbase"/> The collector was [[John Fryer (entomologist)|John Claud Fortescue Fryer]]. |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Chlopsidae |
Genus: | Xenoconger Regan, 1912 |
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X. fryeri
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Xenoconger fryeri Regan, 1912 |
Xenoconger is a genus of eels in the family Chlopsidae (false morays). It contains the single species Xenoconger fryeri, or Fryer's false moray.[1][2] This species was described by Charles Tate Regan in 1912.[3] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known solely from Assumption Island in the Indian Ocean and Tokunoshima in the Amami Islands.[4] It is known to dwell at a depth range of 1 to 5 metres (3.3 to 16.4 ft), and inhabit benthic rock crevices. Males are known to reach a total length of 20.5 centimetres (8.1 in).[2] The collector was John Claud Fortescue Fryer.
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