Whitespotted conger
Kingdom
Phylum
Family
Genus
SPECIES
Conger myriaster
Life Span
8 years
Length
100
39
cminch
cm inch 

The whitespotted conger (Conger myriaster) (Japanese: 真穴子; ma-anago) is a marine conger eel, widespread in the Northwest Pacific near the coasts of Japan, Korean Peninsula, and the East China Sea. C. myriaster inhabits shallow sea bottom sand and mud. It is also consumed as food and is a common item on menus in Japan and abroad as anago. Its maximum total length is 100 cm.

References

1. Whitespotted conger Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitespotted_conger
2. Whitespotted conger on The IUCN Red List site - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/199034/2552131

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