Biology:Whitespotted conger
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Short description: Species of fish
| Whitespotted conger | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Congridae |
| Genus: | Conger |
| Species: | C. myriaster
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| Binomial name | |
| Conger myriaster Brevoort, 1856
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Anguilla myriaster Brevoort, 1856 | |
File:Conger myriaster 2010.ogv
Conger myriaster eels.
The whitespotted conger (Conger myriaster) (Japanese: 真穴子; ma-anago) is a marine conger eel, widespread in the Northwest Pacific near the coasts of Japan , Korean Peninsula, and the East China Sea. C. myriaster inhabits shallow sea bottom sand and mud. It is also consumed as food and is a common item on menus in Japan and abroad as anago. Its maximum total length is 100 cm.
References
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- ↑ McCosker, J.; Smith, D.G.; Tighe, K. (2019). "Conger myriaster". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T199034A2552131. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199034A2552131.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/199034/2552131. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
- ↑ Smith, D.G., Schwarzhans, W.W. & Pogonoski, J.J. (2016): The Identity of Conger japonicus Bleeker, 1879 (Anguilliformes: Congridae). Copeia, 104 (3): 734-737.
Wikidata ☰ Q1328851 entry
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