Congridae

Japonoconger africanus

Japonoconger africanus

Congrid Fish of the Congo Basin

• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• Africa
• Anguilliform
• Medium

Japonoconger africanus is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by Max Poll in 1953, originally under the genus Congermuraena. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from Gabon to the Congo, in the eastern Atlantic Ocean.