Coloconger

{{Short description|Genus of short-tail eels}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Coloconger raniceps.jpg

| image_caption = Coloconger raniceps

| display_parents = 2

| parent_authority = D. G. Smith, 1976{{cite journal |author=López, J. |author2=Westneat, Mark |author3=Hanel, Reinhold |year=2007 |title=The Phylogenetic Affinities of the Mysterious Anguilliform Genera Coloconger and Thalassenchelys as Supported by mTDNA Sequences |journal=Copeia |volume=2007 |pages=959-966 |doi=10.1643/0045-8511(2007)7[959:TPAOTM]2.0.CO;2}}

| taxon = Coloconger

| authority = Alcock, 1889

| subdivision = See text

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The Colocongridae, the worm eels or short-tail eels, are a family of eels, containing a single genus, Coloconger.

Colongrids are found in tropical waters of the Atlantic, Indian, and West Pacific oceans. They are bottom-dwelling fish, living in waters from {{cvt|300|to|900|m|ft|-1}} in depth.{{cite book |editor1=Paxton, J.R. |editor2=Eschmeyer, W.N. |author= McClosker, John F.|year=1998|title=Encyclopedia of Fishes|publisher= Academic Press|location=San Diego|page= 89|isbn= 0-12-547665-5}} Compared with other eels, they have relatively short and stubby bodies, with blunt snouts.