Conger erebennus

Conger erebennus is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[3] It was described by David Starr Jordan and John Otterbein Snyder in 1901, originally under the genus Leptocephalus.[4] It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling eel which is known from Japan and the Korean Peninsula, in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.[3] It is also called the Anaconda アナコンダ (Marine anaconda) in Tokyo, Japan.[5]

Conger erebennus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae
Genus: Conger
Species:
C. erebennus
Binomial name
Conger erebennus
(Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
Synonyms[2]
  • Leptocephalus erebennus Jordan & Snyder, 1901

References
  1. McCosker, J.; Smith, D.G.; Tighe, K. (2019). "Conger erebennus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T199326A2583323. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199326A2583323.en. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  2. Synonyms of Conger erebennus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Conger erebennus at www.fishbase.org.
  4. Jordan, D. S. and J. O. Snyder, 1901 (28 Aug.) [ref. 2508] A review of the apodal fishes or eels of Japan, with descriptions of nineteen new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 23 (no. 1239): 837-890.
  5. https://www.zukan-bouz.com/sp/syu/ダイナンアナゴ


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