Xenoconger

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=McCosker, J. |author2=Smith, D.R. |name-list-style=& |author3=Tighe, K. |year=2022 |title=Xenoconger fryeri |page=e.T195655A2397717 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T195655A2397717.en |access-date=6 November 2024}}| display_parents = 2

| genus = Xenoconger

| parent_authority = Regan, 1912

| species = fryeri

| authority = Regan, 1912

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Xenoconger is a genus of eels in the family Chlopsidae (false morays). It contains the single species Xenoconger fryeri, or Fryer's false moray.[http://www.fishbase.org/comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=56862&GenusName=Xenoconger&SpeciesName=fryeri&StockCode=46723 Common names of Xenoconger fryeri] at www.fishbase.org.{{FishBase |genus= Xenoconger|species= fryeri| month = June| year = 2011}} This species was described by Charles Tate Regan in 1912.Regan, C. T. 1912 (Sept.) [ref. 3643] "New fishes from Aldabra and Assumption, collected by Mr. J. C. F. Fryer". The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. Second Series: Zoology v. 15 (pt 2, no. 18): 301-302. It is a tropical, marine eel which is known solely from Assumption Island in the Indian Ocean and Tokunoshima in the Amami Islands.[https://amamishimbun.co.jp/2021/05/01/31243/ 日本初記録種「ウンブキアナゴ」 奄美新聞] It is known to dwell at a depth range of {{convert|1|to|5|m|ft}}, and inhabit benthic rock crevices. Males are known to reach a total length of {{convert|20.5|cm|in}}. The collector was John Claud Fortescue Fryer.