Xenoconger

Xenoconger is a genus of eels in the family Chlopsidae (false morays). It contains the single species Xenoconger fryeri, or Fryer's false moray.^[2][3] This species was described by Charles Tate Regan in 1912.^[4] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known solely from Assumption Island in the Indian Ocean and Tokunoshima in the Amami Islands.^[5] It is known to dwell at a depth range of 1 to 5 metres (3.3 to 16.4 ft), and inhabit benthic rock crevices. Males are known to reach a total length of 20.5 centimetres (8.1 in).^[3] The collector was John Claud Fortescue Fryer.

Xenoconger
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Chlopsidae
Genus:	Xenoconger Regan, 1912
Species:	X. fryeri
Binomial name
Xenoconger fryeri Regan, 1912