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Kenyaconger

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Species of fish

Kenyaconger
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae
Subfamily: Bathymyrinae
Genus: Kenyaconger
D. G. Smith & Karmovskaya, 2003
Species: K. heemstrai
Binomial name
Kenyaconger heemstrai
D. G. Smith & Karmovskaya, 2003

Kenyaconger heemstrai is a species of eel in the family Congridae. It is the only member of the genus Kenyaconger. It is only found in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Kenya at a depth of 275 meters.

References

  1. Tighe, K.; Smith, D.G.; McCosker, J. (2019). "Kenyaconger heemstrai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T199174A2566616. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199174A2566616.en. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
Taxon identifiers
Kenyaconger
Kenyaconger heemstrai


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