Giant leptocephalus
Species of fish
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The giant leptocephalus (Coloconger giganteus) is a species of eel.[1] It was first described by Peter Henry John Castle in 1959.[2] It is a marine, deep-water dwelling eel which is distributed worldwide.[1] It was thought that if it was indeed a leptocephalid, then it is probably the larvae of a Notacanthus species, most probably Notacanthus chemnitzii.[3] However, in 2014, it was confirmed as a species of Coloconger.[4]
| Giant leptocephalus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Colocongridae |
| Genus: | Coloconger |
| Species: | C. giganteus |
| Binomial name | |
| Coloconger giganteus (Castle, 1959) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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