Diploconger

{{Short description|Species of fish}} {{Speciesbox | image = | image_caption = | display_parents = 2 | genus = Diploconger | parent_authority = Kotthaus, 1968 | species = polystigmatus | authority = Kotthaus, 1968 | synonyms = }}

'''''Diploconger polystigmatus''''', or the '''headband conger''', is a species of eel in the family Congridae. It is the only member of the genus '''''Diploconger'''''. It is only found in the Indian Ocean off the western Pacific Ocean at depths of 37–215 meters.<ref>Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley, 1989. Pisces. Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 7. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 665 p. </ref>

==Size== This species reaches a length of {{convert|30.0|cm|in|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{FishBase |genus= Diploconger|species= polystigmatus| month = February | year = 2015}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:Congrinae Category:Monotypic Actinopterygii genera Category:Taxa named by Adolf Kotthaus Category:Fish described in 1968