Yellow conger
Species of fish
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The yellow conger[3] (Rhynchoconger flavus) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[4] It was described by George Brown Goode and Tarleton Hoffman Bean in 1896.[5] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Gulf of Mexico and the mouth of the Amazon River, in the western Atlantic Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 26 to 183 meters (85 to 600 ft), and inhabits soft sediments. Males can reach a maximum total length of 150 centimeters (59 in), but more commonly reach a TL of 30 centimeters (12 in).[4]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Congridae |
| Genus: | Rhynchoconger |
| Species: | R. flavus |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhynchoconger flavus (Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896) | |
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