Shorttail conger
Coloconger scholesi
- Usual depth600–1,023 m
- Water temperature20–29 °C
- Best monthsDecember
- How commonRare
About this species
The Indo-Pacific shorttail conger, also known as the short-tail conger, is an eel in the family Colocongridae. It was described by Chan William Lai-Yee in 1967. It is a marine, deep-water dwelling eel which is known from the Indo-Pacific, including southern Mozambique, Natal, South Africa, the South China Sea, and eastern Australia. It dwells at depths of 412–970 m (1,352–3,182 ft). It can reach a maximum total length of 51 centimetres (20 in).
Text from the Wikipedia article “Indo-Pacific shorttail conger”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 1 records
- February: 3 records
- March: 2 records
- April: 6 records
- May: 11 records
- June: 7 records
- July: 3 records
- August: 13 records
- September: 6 records
- October: 6 records
- November: 8 records
- December: 27 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 600–1,023 m · Deepest record: 1,810.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Shorttail conger, Indo-Pacific Shorttail Conger, shorttail conger, Short-tail Conger
Similar species
- Froghead Eel
Coloconger raniceps
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 228 open-data records from 1964 to 2010.
- Species data updated November 1, 2026.
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