japonicus, Conger Bleeker [P.] 1879:32, Pl. 2 (fig. 2) [Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, Afdeeling Natuurkunde (Amsterdam) v. 18; ref. 460] Japan. Holotype (unique): ZMH 3748. Type catalog: Wilkens & Dohse 1993:414 [ref. 21161]. •Status uncertain -- (Smith 1989:515 [ref. 13285]). •Valid as Conger japonicus Bleeker 1879 -- (Ida in Okamura et al. 1982:61, 318 [ref. 8256], Asano in Masuda et al. 1984:28 [ref. 6441], Lee & Joo 1999:28 [ref. 25724], Nakabo 2000:229 [ref. 25086], Smith in Randall & Lim 2000:586 [ref. 25122], Shinohara et al. 2001:294 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:229 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:146, 494 [ref. 26218], Motomura et al. 2010:74 [ref. 31256], Zhang et al. 2010:203 [ref. 31511], Kim et al. 2020:57 [ref. 39118]). •Synonym of Conger myriaster (Brevoort 1856) -- (Ho et al. 2015:147 [ref. 34130], Smith et al. 2016:734 [ref. 34834]). Current status: Synonym of Conger myriaster (Brevoort 1856). Congridae: Congrinae. Habitat: marine.