Animalia > Chordata > Anguilliformes > Congridae > Rhynchoconger > Rhynchoconger ectenurus

Rhynchoconger ectenurus (Longnose conger)

Synonyms: Leptocephalus ectenurus; Rhynchoconger brachuata; Rhynchocymba ectenura
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Wikipedia Abstract

Rhynchoconger ectenurus, known commonly as the Longnose conger in Australia, is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by David Starr Jordan in Robert Earl Richardson in 1909, originally under the genus Leptocephalus. 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).
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0