Indo-Pacific shorttail conger

The Indo-Pacific shorttail conger, also known as the short-tail conger, is an eel in the family Colocongridae. It was described by Chan William Lai-Yee in 1967. It is a marine, deep-water dwelling eel which is known from the Indo-Pacific, including southern Mozambique, Natal, South Africa, the South China Sea, and eastern Australia. It dwells at depths of. It can reach a maximum total length of.

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Patrick Scholes, of the Fisheries Laboratory, in Lowestoft, England, for his contributions to the fishery survey program in the South China Sea.