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Guinean conger
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Congridae
Genus:	Paraconger
Species:	P. notialis
Binomial name
Paraconger notialis Kanazawa, 1961

The Guinean conger (Paraconger notialis) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by Robert H. Kanazawa in 1961. It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from Senegal to Angola, in the eastern Atlantic Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 25–50 metres, and inhabits benthic sand, which it burrows into backwards. Males can reach a maximum total length of 62.7 centimetres.

References

1. Tighe, K. (2015). "Paraconger notialis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T199180A2567183. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T199180A2567183.en. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
2. Common names for Paraconger notialis at www.fishbase.org.
3. ^ Paraconger notialis at www.fishbase.org.
4. Kanazawa, R. H., 1961 (26 Jan.) Paraconger, a new genus with three new species of eels (family Congridae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 113 (no. 3450): 1-14, Pls. 1-2.

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