''Coloconger japonicus'' is a species of eels in the family

Colocongridae The Colocongridae, the worm eels or short-tail eels, are a family of eels, containing a single genus, ''Coloconger''. Colongrids are found in tropical waters of the Atlantic, Indian, and West Pacific oceans. They are bottom-dwelling fish, living ...

(worm eels/short-tail eels).''Coloconger japonicus''
at www.fishbase.org. It was described by Yoshihiko Machida in 1984.Okamura, O. and T. Kitajima (eds), 1984 (30 Mar.) ef. 8057''Fishes of the Okinawa Trough and the adjacent waters. Vol. 1. The intensive research of unexploited fishery resources on continental slopes.'' Japan Fisheries Resource Conservation Association, Tokyo. v. 1: 1-414, Pls. 1-205. It is a marine, deep-water dwelling eel which is known from the

East China Sea The East China Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean, located directly offshore from East China. China names the body of water along its eastern coast as "East Sea" (, ) due to direction, the name of "East China Sea" is otherwise ...

. It dwells at a depth range of 750–760 metres. Males can reach a maximum

total length Fish measurement is the measuring of individual fish and various parts of their anatomies, for data used in many areas of ichthyology, including taxonomy and fishery biology. Overall length Standard length (SL) is the length of a fish measured f ...

of 56 centimetres.

References

japonicus This list of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names is intended to help those unfamiliar with classical languages to understand and remember the scientific names of organisms. The binomial nomenclature used for animals and plants ...

Taxa named by Yoshihiko Machida Fish described in 1984 {{Anguilliformes-stub