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Paruroconger
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Congridae
Subfamily:	Congrinae
Genus:	Paruroconger Blache & Bauchot, 1976
Species:	P. drachi
Binomial name
Paruroconger drachi Blache & Bauchot, 1976

Paruroconger is a monospecific genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Congrinae, the conger eels, in the family Congridae, which also includes thes. The only species in the genus is Paruroconger drachi, an eel which is known only from the holotype collected in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean off Pointe-Noire in the Republic of Congo.

References

1. Carpenter, K.E.; Smith-Vaniz, W.F.; de Bruyne, G. & de Morais, L. (2015). "Uroconger drachi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T60485886A60787313. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T60485886A60787313.en. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Congridae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
3. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Paruroconger". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 15 November 2024.

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