Scientific Name	Uroconger lepturus   Pronounce			by: Yung-Hsu Chang, Hong-Ming Chen
Author	(Richardson, 1845)	Depth	18 - 760M
Chinese	狹尾糯鰻	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	糯鰻科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F086　Congridae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	尖尾鰻
Max Length	52 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	糯米鰻、穴子鰻、臭腥鰻、海鰻、沙鰻
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	West、South West、North East
Habitats	Deep Sea、Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Canton, China
Synonyms	Conger lepturus, Congrus lepturus
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。   P. Schmidt 1929 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0055651. ASIZP0056619. ASIZP0060000. ASIZP0060313. ASIZP0061103. ASIZP0062249. ASIZP0062250. ASIZP0062251. ASIZP0065132. ASIZP0065982. ASIZP0068121. ASIZP0071609. ASIZP0800807. ASIZP0800808. ASIZP0910807. ASIZP0910808. CAS35148. FRIP00668. FRIP01186. NMMBP04041. NMMBP04119. NMMBP04635. NMMBP04636. NMMBP04637. NMMBP04638. NMMBP04639. NMMSTP01647. NMMSTP01652. NTMP0372. NTOU-AE5446. NTOU-AE5447. NTOU-AE5448. SIO00-87b. ZMH12659.
Barcode	2008-03-24,Kui-Ching Hsu,CO1,100% 2012-01-02,柯慧玲,CO1,100%
Common Name	Slender conger; Longtail conger
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Pectoral fin present, body long, eye large, rictus in advance of rear margin of eye, caudal compressed and attenuated. Anus on the anterior half. Posterior nostril without flaps. Segmented rays. Caudal well developed. Upper lips unfolded. Premaxillary teeth protrude out when mouth closed. Jaw teeth canine, in 2 rows, premaxillary teeth in 2 transverse rows, anterior row small and wide-arranged. Vomerine teeth canine 5 anteriorly, a row behind. Dorsal fin origin above the base of pectoral. Vertebra 203-206. Total length 19.8 of body depth, 7.2 of head length; caudal length 1.8 of the length from head to trunk; head length 3.3 of snout length; snout length 2.0 of diameter of eye. Dorsal and anal fin confluent with caudal. Tongue fixed. Body brown, pale below. :
habitats	Inhabit in sandy bottom of continental shelf.
Distribution	Pacific.
Utility	No enough quantity for fishery.