• Source: Coloconger cadenati

Coloconger cadenati is an eel in the family Colocongridae (worm eels/short-tail eels). It was described by Robert H. Kanazawa in 1961. It is a marine, deep-water dwelling eel which is known from Senegal to the Gulf of Guinea in the eastern Atlantic Ocean. It is known from a depth range of 270–600 m. Males can reach a maximum total length of 90 cm. The diet of C. cadenati consists primarily of benthic crustaceans.




Etymology


The eel is named in honor of ichthyologist Jean Cadenat (1908-1992), who was the Director of the Marine Biological Section of the Institut Français d’Afrique Noire in Gorée, Senegal, who supplied the type specimen.




References

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• Coloconger cadenati
• Coloconger
• Jean Cadenat
• List of least concern fishes
• IUCN Red List data deficient species (Chordata)
• List of data deficient fishes
• List of marine bony fishes of South Africa