Coloconger cadenati

Coloconger cadenati is an eel in the family Colocongridae (worm eels/short-tail eels).^[1] It was described by Robert H. Kanazawa in 1961.^[2] It is a marine, deep-water dwelling eel which is known from Senegal to the Gulf of Guinea in the eastern Atlantic Ocean. It is known from a depth range of 270–600 m. Males can reach a maximum total length of 90 cm.^[1] The diet of C. cadenati consists primarily of benthic crustaceans.^[3]

Coloconger cadenati
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Colocongridae
Genus:	Coloconger
Species:	C. cadenati
Binomial name
Coloconger cadenati Kanazawa, 1961

Etymology

The eel is named in honor of ichthyologist Jean Cadenat (1908-1992), who was the Director of the Marine Biological Section of the Institut Français d’Afrique Noire in Gorée, Senegal, who supplied the type specimen.^[4]