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Rhynchoconger squaliceps

Rhynchoconger squaliceps is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by Alfred William Alcock in 1894, originally under the genus Congromuraena. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Bay of Bengal, in the western Indian Ocean. It is known to dwell at a depth of 234 metres (768 ft).

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 612027.