''Coloconger meadi'' is an eel in the family

Colocongridae The Colocongridae, the worm eels or short-tail eels, are a family of eels, containing a single genus, ''Coloconger''. Colongrids are found in tropical waters of the Atlantic, Indian, and West Pacific oceans. They are bottom-dwelling fish, living ...

(worm eels/short-tail eels).''Coloconger meadi''
at www.fishbase.org. It was described by Robert H. Kanazawa in 1957.Kanazawa, R. H., 1957 (26 Aug.) ef. 12149"A new species of eel,'' Coloconger meadi'', and new records for the ateleopid fish, ''Ijimaia antellarum'' icHowell Rivero, both from the Gulf of Mexico." Copeia 1957 (no. 3): 234-235. It is a marine, deep-water dwelling eel from the

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and

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in the western central

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. It dwells at a depth range of 650–925 m. Males can reach a maximum

total length Fish measurement is the measuring of individual fish and various parts of their anatomies, for data used in many areas of ichthyology, including taxonomy and fishery biology. Overall length Standard length (SL) is the length of a fish measured f ...

of 37.7 cm.

Etymology

The eel is named in honor of ichthyologist Giles W. Mead (1928-2003), who sent the type specimen to Kanazawa.

References

meadi Taxa named by Robert H. Kanazawa Fish described in 1957 {{Anguilliformes-stub