''Conger macrocephalus'' is an
eel in the family
Congridae (conger/garden eels).
[''Conger macrocephalus''](_blank)
at www.fishbase.org. It was described by
Robert H. Kanazawa in 1958.
[Kanazawa, R. H., 1958 (6 Oct.) ef. 12078''A revision of the eels of the genus Conger with descriptions of four new species.'' Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 108 (no. 3400): 219-267, Pls. 1-4.] It is a
marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the
Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no),
* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
, in the western central
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the contine ...
. It is known to dwell at a depth of 329 metres.
References
Conger
Endemic fauna of the Philippines
Fish of the Philippines
Taxa named by Robert H. Kanazawa
Fish described in 1958
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