Cynoponticus is a small genus

Genus

In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of eel

Eel

Eels are an order of fish, which consists of four suborders, 20 families, 111 genera and approximately 800 species. Most eels are predators...

s found throughout the Indo-Pacific

Indo-Pacific

The Indo-Pacific is a biogeographic region of the Earth's seas, comprising the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean, the western and central Pacific Ocean, and the seas connecting the two in the general area of Indonesia...

. It is one of four genera in the family Muraenesocidae. It currently has three described species, which were formerly in the genus Muraenesox

Muraenesox

Muraenesox is a small genus of eels found throughout the Indo-Pacific. It currently has two described species as most species have been moved to other genera. Members are found in the Indo West Pacific.-Species:* Muraenesox bagio Muraenesox is a small genus of eels found throughout the...

. Members are found in a wide distribution of the Atlantic Ocean, Pacific

Pacific Ocean

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 and Indian Ocean

Indian Ocean

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s. They may be found in the west part of the Mediterranean Sea

Mediterranean Sea

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 as well. They are nonguarders of their young.

Species

• Cynoponticus coniceps (D. S. Jordan
  David Starr Jordan
  David Starr Jordan, Ph.D., LL.D. was a leading eugenicist, ichthyologist, educator and peace activist. He was president of Indiana University and Stanford University.-Early life and education:...
  
   & C. H. Gilbert
  Charles Henry Gilbert
  Charles Henry Gilbert was a pioneer ichthyologist and fishery biologist of particular significance to natural history of the western United States. He collected and studied fishes from Central America north to Alaska and described many new species...
  
  , 1882) (Red pike conger)
• Cynoponticus ferox O. G. Costa
  Oronzio Gabriele Costa
  Oronzio Gabriele Costa was an Italian zoologist.At first a physician he taught zoology at the University of Naples. He wrote 126 papers on various subjects but principally on entomology...
  
  , 1846 (Guinean pike conger)
• Cynoponticus savanna (Bancroft
  Edward Nathaniel Bancroft
  Edward Nathaniel Bancroft, M.D. was an English physician, known for his writings on yellow fever.-Life:Bancroft was the son of Edward Bancroft. He was born in London and received his schooling under Charles Burney and Samuel Parr. He entered St. John's College, Cambridge, and graduated bachelor of...
  
  , 1831) (Guayana pike conger)