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Uroconger Kaup, 1856

AphiaID

158573 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158573)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Congrinae Kaup, 1856

Synonymised names

Paruroconger Blache & Bauchot, 1976 · unaccepted (synonym)

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Species Uroconger drachi (Blache & Bauchot, 1976)
Species Uroconger erythraeus Castle, 1982
Species Uroconger lepturus (Richardson, 1845)
Species Uroconger syringinus Ginsburg, 1954
Species Uroconger braueri Weber & de Beaufort, 1916 accepted as Bathyuroconger vicinus (Vaillant, 1888)
Species Uroconger varidens Garman, 1899 accepted as Bathycongrus varidens (Garman, 1899)
Species Uroconger vicinalis Garman, 1899 accepted as Bathycongrus vicinalis (Garman, 1899)
Species Uroconger vicinus Vaillant, 1888 accepted as Bathyuroconger vicinus (Vaillant, 1888)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Uroconger Kaup, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158573 on 2025-04-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-26 07:43:32Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2013-01-04 15:09:25Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Paruroconger Blache & Bauchot, 1976) Blache, J. ; Bauchot, M. L. (1976). Contribution à la connaissance des poissons Anguilliformes de la côte occidentale d'Afrique. 16e note: les familles des Congridae et des Colocongridae. Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire (Sér A) Sciences Naturelles. v. 38 (no. 2): 369-444. [details]

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

Other

additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 431-554. [details]