WoRMS taxon details
Congriscus megastoma (Günther, 1877)
280374 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:280374)
accepted
Species
Congriscus megastomus (Günther, 1877) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Congromuraena megastoma Günther, 1877 · unaccepted
Thalassenchelys coheni Castle & Raju, 1975 · 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: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=280374 on 2025-05-16
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Thalassenchelys coheni Castle & Raju, 1975) Castle, P. H. J.; Raju, S. N. (1975). Some rare leptocephali from the Atlantic and Indo-Pacific oceans. <em>Dana Report.</em> No. 85: 1-25, Pl. 1. [details]
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]
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]
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]
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]
Ecology
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] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.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
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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
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Transparent eel [from synonym]Bigmouth conger | [details] |
| Japanese | オキアナゴ | [details] |
| Russian | Короткохвостый угорь Коэна [from synonym]Большеротый конгер | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (from synonym Thalassenchelys coheni Castle & Raju, 1975)
To Barcode of Life (38 barcodes) (from synonym Congriscus megastomus (Günther, 1877))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Thalassenchelys coheni Castle & Raju, 1975)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Congromuraena megastoma Günther, 1877)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Congriscus megastomus) (from synonym Congriscus megastomus (Günther, 1877))
To FishBase (from synonym Thalassenchelys coheni Castle & Raju, 1975)
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 Congriscus megastomus (Günther, 1877))
To GenBank (92 nucleotides; 42 proteins) (from synonym Congromuraena megastoma Günther, 1877)
To GenBank (92 nucleotides; 42 proteins) (from synonym Thalassenchelys coheni Castle & Raju, 1975)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Congriscus megastomus (Günther, 1877))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Congrellus megastomus P03401 illustration)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (38 barcodes) (from synonym Congriscus megastomus (Günther, 1877))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Thalassenchelys coheni Castle & Raju, 1975)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Congromuraena megastoma Günther, 1877)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Congriscus megastomus) (from synonym Congriscus megastomus (Günther, 1877))
To FishBase (from synonym Thalassenchelys coheni Castle & Raju, 1975)
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 Congriscus megastomus (Günther, 1877))
To GenBank (92 nucleotides; 42 proteins) (from synonym Congromuraena megastoma Günther, 1877)
To GenBank (92 nucleotides; 42 proteins) (from synonym Thalassenchelys coheni Castle & Raju, 1975)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Congriscus megastomus (Günther, 1877))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Congrellus megastomus P03401 illustration)
To ITIS
