Japonoconger

Taxonavigation

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: Japonoconger

Species (4): J. africanus – J. caribbeus – J. proriger – J. sivicolus

Name

• Japonoconger Asano, 1958: 316.
  • Gender: masculine.
  • Type species: Arisoma [sic] sivicola Matsubara & Ochiai, 1951.
    • Fixation: type by original designation (also monotypic).
• Etymology: Japan; L. conger "conger".

References

Primary references

• Asano, H. 1958. Studies on the congrid eels of Japan. III. Description of a new genus Japonoconger typed by Arisoma sivicola Matsubara and Ochiai, with consideration to the related genera. Dobutsugaku Zasshi (= Zoological Magazine Tokyo), 67: 316–321. [In Japanese, English summary.] Full text PDF

Links

• Japonoconger Asano, 1958 – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Japonoconger and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Japonoconger species list in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.