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]
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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. erebennus
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Conger erebennus can grow to 134 cm (53 in) in total length.[3]
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Synonyms of Conger erebennus at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Conger erebennus". FishBase. August 2022 version.
- ^ Jordan, David Starr; Snyder, John Otterbein (1901). "A Review of the Apodal Fishes or Eels of Japan, with Descriptions of Nineteen New Species". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 23 (1239): 886–887.
- ^ "ダイナンアナゴ". Bouz-Konnyaku (in Japanese).
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