Deep-Sea taxon details
Congriscus megastoma (Günther, 1877)
280374 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:280374)
accepted
Species
Congromuraena megastoma Günther, 1877 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Congromuraena megastoma Günther, 1877) Günther, A. (1877). Preliminary notes on new fishes collected in Japan during the expedition of H. M. S. `Challenger.'. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 4).</em> v. 20 (no. 119) (art. 56): 433-446. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Congriscus megastoma (Günther, 1877). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=280374 on 2025-06-14
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Congriscus megastoma (Günther, 1877). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=280374 on 2025-06-14
original description
(of Congromuraena megastoma Günther, 1877) Günther, A. (1877). Preliminary notes on new fishes collected in Japan during the expedition of H. M. S. `Challenger.'. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 4).</em> v. 20 (no. 119) (art. 56): 433-446. [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Bigmouth conger | [details] |
| Japanese | オキアナゴ | [details] |
| Russian | Большеротый конгер | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Congromuraena megastoma Günther, 1877)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Congromuraena megastoma Günther, 1877)
To FishBase images (Congriscus megastomus, Japan, by Senou, H.)
To GenBank (92 nucleotides; 42 proteins) (from synonym Congromuraena megastoma Günther, 1877)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Congrellus megastomus P03401 illustration)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Congromuraena megastoma Günther, 1877)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Congromuraena megastoma Günther, 1877)
To FishBase images (Congriscus megastomus, Japan, by Senou, H.)
To GenBank (92 nucleotides; 42 proteins) (from synonym Congromuraena megastoma Günther, 1877)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Congrellus megastomus P03401 illustration)
To ITIS
