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The Muraenesocidae, or pike congers, are a small family of marine eels found worldwide in tropical and subtropical seas.[1] Some species are known to enter brackish water.
Pike congers have a cylindrical body, scaleless skin, a narrow head with large eyes, and strong teeth. The dorsal fin starts above the well-developed pectoral fins. These rather aggressive fish range from 60 centimetres (2.0 ft) to 250 centimetres (8.2 ft) in length.
Species
There are thirteen known species in five genera:[2]
Family Muraenesocidae
- Genus Congresox
- Congresox talabon (Yellow pike conger)
- Congresox talabonoides (Indian pike conger)
- Genus Cynoponticus
- Cynoponticus coniceps (Red pike-conger)
- Cynoponticus ferox (Guinea pike conger)
- Cynoponticus savanna (Guayana pike-conger)
- Genus Gavialiceps
- Gavialiceps arabicus
- Gavialiceps bertelseni
- Gavialiceps javanicus (Duckbill conger)
- Gavialiceps taeniola
- Gavialiceps taiwanensis
- Genus Muraenesox
- Muraenesox bagio (Common pike conger)
- Muraenesox cinereus (Daggertooth pike conger)
- Genus Oxyconger
- Oxyconger leptognathus (Short-tail pike conger)
References
- ^ McCosker, John F. (1998). Paxton, J.R. & Eschmeyer, W.N.. ed. Encyclopedia of Fishes. San Diego: Academic Press. p. 89. ISBN 0-12-547665-5.
- ^ "Muraenesocidae". FishBase. Ed. Rainer Froese and Daniel Pauly. January 2009 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2009.
- A Dictionary of Zoology 1999, originally published by Oxford University Press 1999.
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