# Castleichthys

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{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
{{Speciesbox
| name = ''Castleichthys auritus''
| image = 
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|status=DD
|status_system=IUCN3.1
|status_ref=<ref>{{cite iucn|author1=McCosker, J.|author2=Smith, D.G.|author3=Tighe, K.|year=2019|title=''Castleichthys auritus''|article-number=e.T199218A2571259|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199218A2571259.en|access-date=19 January 2024}}</ref>
| parent_authority =  [D. G. Smith](/source/David_G._Smith_(ichthyologist)), 2004
| taxon = Castleichthys auritus
| authority = [D. G. Smith](/source/David_G._Smith_(ichthyologist)), 2004
| display_parents = 2 
| synonyms =
}}

'''''Castleichthys''''' is a genus in the conger eel family, [Congridae](/source/Congridae). It contains the single species '''''Castleichthys auritus''''', the '''eared conger'''. The type specimen was found in the [Indian Ocean](/source/Indian_Ocean) off the west coast of [Australia](/source/Australia) at a depth of {{convert|396|m|ft|-1}}.<ref name=fishbase>{{FishBase |genus= Castleichthys|species= auritus| month = March| year = 2017}}</ref>

The name of the genus commemorates the ichthyologist P. J. H. Castle.<ref name=fishbase/>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:ec4f646f-d550-407f-ab6d-bc2a6676aab0# ''Castleichthys auritus''] - Atlas of Living Australia 
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Category:Congrinae

{{Anguilliformes-stub}}

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