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An illustration based on the real animal.
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The silvery conger has cone-shaped teeth.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Silvery conger
- Scientific name
- Ariosoma anago
- Japanese name
- ハナアナゴ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Anguilliformes
- Family
- Congridae
- Genus
- Ariosoma
Where the name “Silvery conger” comes from
The scientific name anago comes from the Japanese word for conger eel.
Museums VictoriaIt lives along the Pacific coast of Japan from Chiba to Kyushu, and off southern Korea, Taiwan and the coasts of Australia.
It has a band marking on its head, and the outer edges of its fins are lined with black.
How the Silvery conger lives
It lives in sandy and muddy areas.
Museums VictoriaBasic data
- Active
- At night (nocturnal)
- Range
- Hachijo Island, Pacific coast from Tateyama to southern Kyushu, Yawatahama and the Sea of Japan coast of Yamaguchi, and elsewhere
Where the Silvery 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
- ハナアナゴ
- 简体中文
- 齐头鳗
- 繁體中文
- 白錐體糯鰻
- 한국어
- 꾀붕장어
- Português (Brasil)
- Congro-de-Nagasaki
- Tiếng Việt
- Cá chình bạc
- Русский
- Серебристая ариосома
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 — ハナアナゴChecked: 2026-11-04
- Museums Victoria — Darkfin Conger, Ariosoma anagoChecked: 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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