Smalleye spaghetti-eel

The smalleye spaghetti-eel[1] (Neoconger vermiformis) is an eel in the family Moringuidae (spaghetti/worm eels).[2] It was described by Charles Henry Gilbert in 1890.[3] It is a tropical, marine eel known from the eastern central and southeastern Pacific Ocean, including Mexico, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama.[2][1] It is known to dwell at an approximate depth of 55 m, and inhabits substrates, burrowing into mud and sand.[2] Its diet consists primarily of shrimp, crabs, benthic gastropods, bivalves, and worms.[1]

Smalleye spaghetti-eel
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Anguilliformes
Family:
Moringuidae
Genus:
Neoconger
Species:
N. vermiformis
Binomial name
Neoconger vermiformis
Gilbert, 1890

Due to its widespread distribution, lack of known threats, and lack of observed population declines, the IUCN redlist currently lists the smalleye spaghetti-eel as Least Concern.[1]

References
  1. Neoconger vermiformis at the IUCN redlist.
  2. Neoconger vermiformis at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Gilbert, C. H., 1890 (1 July) [ref. 1623] A preliminary report on the fishes collected by the steamer Albatross on the Pacific coast of North America during the year 1889, with descriptions of twelve new genera and ninety-two new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 13 (no. 797): 49-126.
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