3.3.1.4 Muraenesocidae (Pike congers)

3.3.1.4 Muraenesocidae (pike congers)
  • Body long to very long, more or less cylindrical in front, compressed along tail
  • Mouth well developed and extends beyound eye  
  • Dorsal fin begins more or less above gill opening, snout very pointed. Mouth terminal, extending well beyond eye 
  • No pelvic fiin
  •  No scales
  • Teeth well developed and fang like
  •  Pectorals present
  •  Eyes large and covered with skin
  • Body very long with only tail compressed
  • Snout elongate
  •  Vertebrae 120-216

Eg. Muraenesox cinerons

Muraenesocidae (Pike congers)

 
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