Japonoconger africanus

Japonoconger africanus

Congrid Fish of the Congo Basin

Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Africa
Anguilliform
Medium

Japonoconger africanus is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by Max Poll in 1953, originally under the genus Congermuraena. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from Gabon to the Congo, in the eastern Atlantic Ocean.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Congridae
Genus: Japonoconger
Maximum length: 42.5 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Gabon to Congo.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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