Daggertooth pike conger
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An illustration based on the real animal.
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Pike congers have an upper jaw that projects beyond the lower jaw.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Daggertooth pike conger
- Scientific name
- Muraenesox cinereus
- Japanese name
- ハモ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Anguilliformes
- Family
- Muraenesocidae
- Genus
- Muraenesox
Where the name “Daggertooth pike conger” comes from
Its Japanese name is said to come from its tendency to bite.
三重県It lives in Japanese seas from Niigata and Fukushima to Kyushu, along the coasts of the Korean Peninsula and China, and in the Indian Ocean and western Pacific.
How the Daggertooth pike conger lives
At night, they attack and eat fish, shrimp and crabs. They make their home in shallow seas.
三重県Basic data
- Range
- Indo-West Pacific and elsewhere
Where the Daggertooth pike conger has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- ハモ
- 简体中文
- 灰海鳗
- 繁體中文
- 灰海鰻
- 한국어
- 갯장어
- Italiano
- Grongo indopacifico
- العربية
- قنجر الكراكي خنجري الأسنان
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Malong
- Tiếng Việt
- Cá lạc
- Русский
- Серебристый щукорыл
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — ハモChecked: 2026-11-04
- 三重県 — ハモChecked: 2026-11-07
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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