Japonoconger caribbeus

Japonoconger caribbeus

Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Central America and the Caribbean
South America
Anguilliform
Large

Japonoconger caribbeus is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by David G. Smith and Robert H. Kanazawa in 1977. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known only from the Caribbean Sea (off the coast of Colombia and Venezuela, from which its species epithet is derived), in the western central Atlantic Ocean.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Congridae
Genus: Japonoconger
Maximum length: 50.2 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Western Central Atlantic: Caribbean coast of Colombia and Venezuela.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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