Xenoconger is a genus of eels in the family Chlopsidae (false morays). It contains the single species Xenoconger fryeri, or Fryer's false moray.Common names of Xenoconger fryeri at www.fishbase.org. 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.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 , and inhabit benthic rock crevices. Males are known to reach a total length of . The collector was John Claud Fortescue Fryer.
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