Rhynchoconger ectenurus

Rhynchoconger ectenurus, known commonly as the longnose conger in Australia,^[3] is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).^[4] It was described by David Starr Jordan in Robert Earl Richardson in 1909, originally under the genus Leptocephalus.^[5] It is a marine, subtropical eel which is known from the western Pacific Ocean, including northern Australia, Japan, the Korean Peninsula, and the eastern China Sea. It inhabits soft sediments on the continental shelf and slope. Males can reach a maximum total length of 65 centimetres (26 in; 2.13 ft).^[4]

Rhynchoconger ectenurus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Congridae
Genus:	Rhynchoconger
Species:	R. ectenurus
Binomial name
Rhynchoconger ectenurus (D. S. Jordan & R. E. Richardson, 1909)
Synonyms[2]
Leptocephalus ectenurus Jordan & Richardson, 1909 Rhynchocymba ectenura (Jordan & Richardson, 1909)