Scientific Name	Conger japonicus   Pronounce			by: Yung-Hsu Chang, Hong-Ming Chen
Author	Bleeker, 1879	Depth	1 - 100M
Chinese	日本糯鰻	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	糯鰻科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F086　Congridae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	日本康吉鰻
Max Length	140 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	糯米鰻、穴子鰻、臭腥鰻、海鰻、沙鰻、黑鰻、烏鰻(澎湖)
Distribution in World	Australia	Distribution in Taiwan	East、South、South West、North、North East
Habitats	Coral、Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Japan
Synonyms
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；張詠絮，2011。臺灣海域糯鰻之分類研究，國立臺灣海洋大學碩士學位論文。   Bleeker, P. 1879 Ochiai, A. etc. 1978 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0700224. FRIP00286. FRIP00287. FRIP01363. FRIP20420. NMMBP03529. NMMBP04531. NMMSTP00502. NTOU-AE5507. NTOU-AE5510. NTOU-AE5511. NTUM06176.
Common Name	Beach conger
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Pectoral fin well developed. Fin-rays segmented; upper lip folded with groove. Rictus in advance of rear margin of eye. Teeth small, premaxillary teeth not protrude when mouth closed. Teeth conical; upper and lower ⁊aws teeth in a row; vomerine teeth conical, in short band. Dorsal fin origin far behind tip of pectoral. Vertebrae 142-145. Total length 10.5 of body depth, 5.9 of head length; caudal length 1.3 of the length from head to trunk; head length 4.5 of snout length; snout length 2.0 of the diameter of eye; Pectoral lenhth 1.5 of snouth length. Rear of caudal compressed. Anus on anterior half of body. Body deep brown, pale below. West Pacific.
habitats	Inhabit in coral reef to sandy bottoms of continental shelf.
Distribution	West pacific.
Utility	No enough quantity for fishery.