Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Order Anguilliformes | |
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Japonoconger sivicolus is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by Kiyomatsu Matsubara and Akira Ochiai in 1951, originally under the genus Arisoma. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from Japan, in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 300-535 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 57 centimetres.
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