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Swollengut worm eel
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Moringuidae
Genus:	Neoconger
Species:	N. tuberculatus
Binomial name
Neoconger tuberculatus (Castle, 1965)
Synonyms
Leptocephalus tuberculatus Castle, 1965

The swollengut worm eel (Neoconger tuberculatus) is an eel in the family Moringuidae (spaghetti/worm eels). It was described by Peter Henry John Castle in 1965, originally under the genus Leptocephalus. It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling eel endemic to Australia.

References

1. Synonyms of Neoconger tuberculatus at www.fishbase.org.
2. Common names for Neoconger tuberculatus at www.fishbase.org.
3. ^ Neoconger tuberculatus at www.fishbase.org.
4. Castle, P. H. J., 1965 (16 Sept.) Moringuid leptocephali in Australasian waters. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand Zoology v. 7 (no. 7): 125-133.

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