Rhynchoconger ectenurus, known commonly as the longnose conger in Australia,Common names of Rhynchoconger ectenurus at www.fishbase.org. is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).Rhynchoconger ectenurus at www.fishbase.org. It was described by David Starr Jordan in Robert Earl Richardson in 1909, originally under the genus Leptocephalus.Jordan, D. S. and R. E. Richardson, 1909 [ref. 2493] A catalogue of the fishes of the island of Formosa, or Taiwan, based on the collections of Dr. Hans Sauter. Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum v. 4 (no. 4): 159-204, Pls. 63-74. 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 .
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