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Congriscus megastomus (Bigmouth conger eel)

Synonyms: Congromuraena megastoma (homotypic); Thalassenchelys coheni
Language: Czech; Japanese; Mandarin Chinese

Wikipedia Abstract

Congriscus megastomus is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by Albert Günther in 1877, originally under the genus Congromuraena. It is a marine, temperate-water dwelling eel which is known from Japan and the Kyushu-Palau Ridge, in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. It inhabits reefs. Males can reach a maximum total length of 40 centimetres.
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Prey / Diet

Diaphus coeruleus (Blue lanternfish)[1]
Diaphus sagamiensis[1]
Hymenocephalus lethonemus (Grenadier)[1]
Synagrops japonicus (Japanese splitfin)[1]

Predators

Chlorophthalmus albatrossis[1]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Dinosoma synaphobranchi[2]
Dinosoma triangulatus <Unverified Name>[2]
Glomericirrus amadai[2]
Hypertrema ambovatum[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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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