Japonoconger Asano [H.] 1958:316 Masc. Arisoma [sic] sivicola Matsubara & Ochiai 1951. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Correct genus for type species is Ariosoma. •Valid as Japonoconger Asano 1958 -- (Blache & Bauchot 1976:397 [ref. 305], Smith & Kanazawa 1977:540 [ref. 4036], Asano in Masuda et al. 1984:28 [ref. 6441], Smith 1989:549 [ref. 13285], Smith 1999:1685 [ref. 24661], Smith 2003:749 [ref. 26989], Zhang et al. 2010:211 [ref. 31511], Robertson et al. 2017:32 [ref. 35676]). Current status: Valid as Japonoconger Asano 1958. Congridae: Congrinae.