Oxyconger

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Elopocephalai
Supercohors: Elopocephala
Cohors/Superordo: Elopomorpha
Ordo: Anguilliformes
Subordo: Congroidei

Familia: Muraenesocidae
Genus: Oxyconger

Species (1): O. leptognathus
Name

Oxyconger Bleeker, 1864: 19
Gender: masculine.
Type species: Conger leptognathus Bleeker, 1858.
Fixation: type by original designation (also monotypic).
Etymology: Greek οξυς oxus "sharp"; Latin conger "conger".

References
Primary references

Bleeker, P. 1864-65. Atlas ichthyologique des Indes Orientales Néêrlandaises, publié sous les auspices du Gouvernement colonial néêrlandaises. Tome IV. Murènes, Synbranches, Leptocéphales. Frédéric Muller, Amsterdam, pp. 1–132, Pls. 145–193. BHL

Links

Oxyconger Bleeker, 1864 – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Oxyconger and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
Oxyconger species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.