Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
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: Anguilloidei
Familia: Chlopsidae
Genus: Xenoconger
Species (1): X. fryeri
Name
Xenoconger Regan, 1912: 301.
Gender: masculine.
Type species: Xenoconger fryeri Regan, 1912.
Fixation: type by monotypy.
Etymology: Gr. ξενος xenos "stranger"; L. conger "conger".
References
Primary references
Regan, C.T. 1912. New fishes from Aldabra and Assumption, collected by Mr. J. C. F. Fryer. The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. Second Series. Zoology, 15(18): 301–302. BHL
Links
Xenoconger Regan, 1912 – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Xenoconger and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2021. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
Xenoconger species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2021. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2021.
Xenoconger is a genus of eels in the family 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. 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.
References
Common names of Xenoconger fryeri at www.fishbase.org.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Xenoconger fryeri" in FishBase. June 2011 version.
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.
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