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Whitespotted conger
Conger myriaster (Whitespotted conger · マアナゴ)
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 Its maximum total length of 100 cm equals the length of a single 1 m ruler (Comparison).
- 💡 In Japan, it is both caught in fisheries and farmed, and is the most relished species among conger eels (FishBase).
- 💡 In Korea, it can be seen across all marine waters (National List of Species of Korea).
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
📖 1. Overview
The Whitespotted conger is a marine eel living on coastal sandy and muddy bottoms around the Korean Peninsula, Japan, and the East China Sea.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
Its body is cylindrical, slender, and long, and it has no pelvic fins. White lateral line pores are lined up from head to tail.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
It is active at night and mainly feeds on bottom-dwelling invertebrates. It spawns in southern Japan around April and May, and its bamboo-leaf-shaped larvae ride the Kuroshio Current to the coasts of Korea, where they metamorphose.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
It is listed on the National List of Species of Korea and appears throughout all marine waters of Korea.
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List LC (2019) — https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/199034/2552131
- • IUCN Red List category LC — latest assessment at iucnredlist.org
- • catalogueoflife.org — XLHL
- • iucnredlist.org — 2552131
- • 국가생물종목록(국립생물자원관) ktsn 120000057464 — https://species.nibr.go.kr/home/mainHome.do?cont_link=009&subMenu=009002&contCd=009002&ktsn=120000057464
- • wikidata.org — Q1328851
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Conger myriaster.jpg
- • fishbase.se — Conger-myriaster.html
- • species.nibr.go.kr — mainHome.do
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.