Description

Vomer without a median series of enlarged fangs; caudal fin reduced, tip of tail blunt; anus behind midlength.

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Anguilliformes

Family: Muraenesocidae

Genus: Oxyconger

Species: Oxyconger leptognathus (Bleeker, 1858)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Found on the continental shelf, in less than 100 m depth. Poorly known and included in the Muraenesocidae provisionally, pending further study (Ref. 9830).

Habitat

demersal