Coloconger canina is an eel in the family Colocongridae (worm eels/short-tail eels).Coloconger canina at www.fishbase.org. It was described by Peter Henry John Castle and Solomon N. Raju in 1975.Castle, P. H. J., and N. S. Raju, 1975 [ref. 772] Some rare leptocephali from the Atlantic and Indo-Pacific oceans. Dana Report No. 85: 1-25, Pl. 1. It is a marine, deep-water dwelling eel which is known from leptocephali collected from the Indian Ocean. It is known to dwell at a minimum depth of 300 m.
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