Conger erebennus
Conger erebennus is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[2] It was described by David Starr Jordan and John Otterbein Snyder in 1901, originally under the genus Leptocephalus.[3] It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling eel which is known from Japan and the Korean Peninsula, in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.[2]
| Conger erebennus | |
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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[1] | |
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References
- Synonyms of Conger erebennus at www.fishbase.org.
- Conger erebennus at www.fishbase.org.
- 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.
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