Conger eel - Conger eel (English spelling)

Japanese: アナゴ(穴子) - アナゴ（英語表記）conger eel

A general term for marine fish belonging to the family Congridae in the order Anguilliformes. Over a dozen species are known to inhabit the waters around Japan, from Hokkaido southward. Their body shape is eel-like. They lack pelvic fins, and their skin has no scales. Their eggs are large and planktonic, and their larvae are leptocephalous (leaf-shaped larvae) similar to those of eels. The Japanese conger eel, Conger myriaster (illustration), is the most important species of conger eel, and is found in abundance in the waters around Japan south of Uchiura Bay in Hokkaido, especially on the Pacific coast, and also along the coast of the Korean Peninsula and the East China Sea.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

ウナギ目アナゴ科Congridaeに属する海水魚の総称。日本近海では北海道以南の各地に十数種類が知られている。体型はウナギ型。腹びれがなく，皮膚にはうろこもない。卵は浮遊性で大きく，仔魚（しぎよ）はウナギのそれとよく似たレプトセファラス(葉形幼生)である。　マアナゴConger myriaster（イラスト）はアナゴ類の中の最重要種で，日本近海では北海道内浦湾以南，とくに太平洋側に多く，さらに朝鮮半島沿岸，東シナ海にわたって分布する。

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