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Japonoconger sivicolus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Congridae
Genus:	Japonoconger
Species:	J. sivicolus
Binomial name
Japonoconger sivicolus (Matsubara & Ochiai, 1951)
Synonyms
Arisoma sivicola Matsubara & Ochiai, 1951

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.

References

1. Synonyms of Japonoconger sivicolus at www.fishbase.se.
2. ^ Japonoconger sivicolus at www.fishbase.org, accessed 2 February 2020.
3. Matsubara, K. and A. Ochiai, 1951 On the conger eels related to Arisoma nystromi (Jordan et Snyder) found in the waters of Japan and China. Memoirs of the College of Agriculture Kyoto University No. 59: 1-18.

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