Coloconger meadi is an eel in the family Colocongridae (worm eels/short-tail eels).Coloconger meadi at www.fishbase.org. It was described by Robert H. Kanazawa in 1957.Kanazawa, R. H., 1957 (26 Aug.) [ref. 12149] "A new species of eel, Coloconger meadi, and new records for the ateleopid fish, Ijimaia antellarum [sic] Howell Rivero, both from the Gulf of Mexico." Copeia 1957 (no. 3): 234-235. It is a marine, deep-water dwelling eel from the Gulf of Mexico and Suriname in the western central Atlantic Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 650–925 m. Males can reach a maximum total length of 37.7 cm.
Etymology The eel is named in honor of ichthyologist Giles W. Mead (1928-2003), who sent the type specimen to Kanazawa.
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