| Bignose conger | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Congridae |
| Genus: | Rhynchoconger |
| Species: | R. nitens |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhynchoconger nitens (D. S. Jordan & Bollman, 1890) | |
| Synonyms | |
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The bignose conger (Rhynchoconger nitens, also known as the needletail conger) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by David Starr Jordan and Charles Harvey Bollman in 1890. It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the eastern central and southeastern Pacific Ocean, including Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, and Peru. It dwells at a depth range of 25–90 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 40 centimetres, but more commonly reach a TL of 30 cm.
Due to its widespread distribution, lack of known threats, and lack of observed population decline, the IUCN redlist currently Lists the bignose conger as Least Concern.
References
- ^ McCosker, J.; Béarez, P.; Lea, B. (2010). "Rhynchoconger nitens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T183557A8134500. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T183557A8134500.en. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
- Synonyms of Rhynchoconger nitens at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Rhynchoconger nitens Archived 2013-07-01 at archive.today at www.fishbase.org.
- Jordan, D. S. and C. H. Bollman, 1890 (5 Feb.) Descriptions of new species of fishes collected at the Galapagos Islands and along the coast of the United States of Colombia, 1887-'88. In: Scientific results of explorations by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross. Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 12 (no. 770): 149-183.
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| Rhynchoconger nitens | |
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