Rhynchoconger ectenurus, known commonly as the longnose conger in Australia,[3] is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[4] It was described by David Starr Jordan in Robert Earl Richardson in 1909, originally under the genus Leptocephalus.[5] It is a marine, subtropical eel which is known from the western Pacific Ocean, including northern Australia, Japan, the Korean Peninsula, and the eastern China Sea. It inhabits soft sediments on the continental shelf and slope. Males can reach a maximum total length of 65 centimetres (26 in; 2.13 ft).[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Congridae |
| Genus: | Rhynchoconger |
| Species: | R. ectenurus
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| Rhynchoconger ectenurus (D. S. Jordan & R. E. Richardson, 1909)
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References
edit- ^ McCosker, J.; Smith, D.G.; Tighe, K. (2019). "Rhynchoconger ectenurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T199281A2578168. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199281A2578168.en. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
- ^ Synonyms of Rhynchoconger ectenurus at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Common names of Rhynchoconger ectenurus at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Rhynchoconger ectenurus Archived 2013-07-02 at archive.today at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Jordan, D. S. and R. E. Richardson, 1909 [ref. 2493] A catalogue of the fishes of the island of Formosa, or Taiwan, based on the collections of Dr. Hans Sauter. Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum v. 4 (no. 4): 159-204, Pls. 63-74.
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