Muraenesocidae

Duckbill conger

Gavialiceps javanicus

Eighty Nine Centimeters Eel of Australian Waters

• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Pacific Ocean
• Oceania
• Southeast Asia
• Anguilliform
• Large

Gavialiceps javanicus, the duckbill conger, is an eel in the family Muraenesocidae (pike congers). It was described by Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya in 1993. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the Indo-West Pacific, including northwestern Australia, Java (from which the species epithet is derived), and Indonesia.