- Classification
- ACTINOPTERYGII
- ANGUILLIFORMES
- MORINGUIDAE
- Neoconger
- tuberculatus
Swollengut Worm Eel, Neoconger tuberculatus (Castle 1965)
Holotype of the Swollengut Worm Eel, Neoconger tuberculatus, AMS IA.2477, from Manly Beach, New South Wales. Source: Fig. 1 (F-H), in Castle (1965) Trans. Roy. Soc. N. Z., Zool. 7(7): 125-133. License: All rights reserved
Summary:
Known only from two larval specimens (leptocephali) that washed ashore on Manly Beach, Sydney in 1907. The adults are unknown.
Cite this page as:
Bray, D.J. 2018, Neoconger tuberculatus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 29 Mar 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/1994
Swollengut Worm Eel, Neoconger tuberculatus (Castle 1965)
More Info
Distribution |
Manly, New South Wales. |
Remarks |
Adults of this genus have not yet been collected in the Indo-west Pacific. |
Species Citation |
Leptocephalus tuberculatus Castle 1965, Trans. Roy. Soc. N. Zeal., Zool. 7(7): 131, fig. 1(f-h). Type locality: Manly Beach, Sydney, New South Wales. |
Author |
Bray, D.J. 2018 |
Resources |
Swollengut Worm Eel, Neoconger tuberculatus (Castle 1965)
References
Castle, P.H.J. 1965. Moringuid leptocephali in Australasian waters. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Zoology 7(7): 125-133.
Smith, D.G. 1989. Family Moringuiidae, in Böhlke, E.B. (ed.) Volume One: Orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes. Volume Two: Leptocephali. Fishes of the western North Atlantic. Memoirs of the Sears Foundation of Marine Research Mem. 1 (part 9): v. 1:i-xvii + 1-655; 2:i-vii + 657-1055.
Smith, D.G. 1999. Families Halosauridae, Notacanthidae, Lipogenyidae, Anguillidae, Moringuidae, Chlopsidae, Myrocongridae. pp. 1625-1642 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 3 pp. 1397-2068.