Second specimen-based record of a conger eel Conger cinereus (Anguilliformes: Congridae) from Kyushu, southern Japan
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: A single specimen (1062.2 mm total length) of the congrid eel, Conger cinereus Rüppell, 1871, was collected from Kamae, Saiki, Oita Prefecture, Kyushu, southern Japan at a depth of ca. 15 m. The species has previously been recorded from the Ogasawara Islands, Mie, Wakayama, Tokushima, Kochi, Yamaguchi, Kagoshima prefectures (Satsuma Peninsula), Yaku-shima island, and the Ryukyu Islands in Japan. The present specimen represents the second specimen-based record of the species from Kyushu and the first from Oita Prefecture.
Source: Kagoshima University Repository
Authors: 星野, 和夫, 144603, Hoshino, Kazuo, 中尾, 拓貴, 144981, Nakao, Hiroki, 日比野, 友亮, 15517, ヒビノ, ユウスケ, Hibino, Yusuke
Language: English
Subfield: Aquatic Science
Domain: Life Sciences
SDG: Life below water
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7084251624
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