''Cynoponticus'' is a small
genus of
eels found throughout the
Indo-Pacific
The Indo-Pacific is a vast biogeographic region of Earth.
In a narrow sense, sometimes known as the Indo-West Pacific or Indo-Pacific Asia, it comprises the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean, the western and central Pacific Ocean, and the ...
. It is one of four genera in the family Muraenesocidae. It currently has three described species, which were formerly in the genus ''
Muraenesox''. Members are found in a wide distribution of the
Atlantic Ocean,
Pacific and
Indian Oceans. They may be found in the west part of the
Mediterranean Sea as well. They are nonguarders of their young.
Species
* ''
Cynoponticus coniceps''
( D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882) (Red pike conger)
* ''
Cynoponticus ferox''
O. G. Costa, 1846 (Guinean pike conger)
* ''
Cynoponticus savanna''
( Bancroft, 1831) (Guayana pike conger)
References
*Congridae. p. 156-167. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 1 (Ref. 4453)
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Muraenesocidae
Ray-finned fish genera
Taxa named by Oronzio Gabriele Costa