Congriscus megastomus

Taxonavigation: Congroidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Elopocephalai Supercohors: Elopocephala Cohors/Superordo: Elopomorpha Ordo: Anguilliformes Subordo: Congroidei

Familia: Congridae
Subfamilia: Congrinae
Genus: Congriscus

Species: Congriscus megastomus

Name

Congriscus megastomus (Günther, 1877)

• Syntypes: BMNH 1879.5.14.439 (3); NMI block reg. no. 114.1899 (1).

Type locality: Off Inoshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, Inland Sea.

Synonyms

• Congromuraena megastoma Günther, 1877
  • Congermuraena megastoma Günther, 1877
• Thalassenchelys coheni Castle & Raju, 1975

References

• Günther, A.C.L.G. 1877. Preliminary notes on new fishes collected in Japan during the expedition of H. M. S. Challenger. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 4) 20 (119) (art. 56): 433–446. BHLReference page. 
• Kurogi, H., Chow, S., Yanagimoto, T., Konishi, K., Nakamichi, R., Sakai, K., Ohkawa, T., Saruwatari, T., Takahashi, M., Ueno, Y. & Mochioka, N., 2015: Adult form of a giant anguilliform leptocephalus Thalassenchelys coheni Castle and Raju 1975 is Congriscus megastomus (Günther 1877). Ichthyological Research, First online: 16 October 2015. DOI: 10.1007/s10228-015-0492-5 Reference page. 

Links

• Congriscus megastomus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Congriscus megastomus in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.