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Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor ...

word for salt-water

eel Eels are ray-finned fish belonging to the order Anguilliformes (), which consists of eight suborders, 19 families, 111 genera, and about 800 species. Eels undergo considerable development from the early larval stage to the eventual adult stage ...

s, normally referring to ma-anago (''

Conger myriaster The whitespotted conger (''Conger myriaster'') (Japanese: ; ''ma-anago'') is a marine conger eel, widespread in the Northwest Pacific near the coasts of Japan, Korean Peninsula, and the East China Sea The East China Sea is an arm of the ...

''). Ma-anago are used for a seafood dish in Japan. They are often simmered (

sushi is a Japanese cuisine, Japanese dish of prepared , usually with some sugar and salt, accompanied by a variety of , such as seafood, often raw, and vegetables. Styles of sushi and its presentation vary widely, but the one key ingredient is " ...

) or deep-fried (

tempura is a typical Japanese dish usually consisting of seafood, meat and vegetables that have been battered and deep fried. The dish was introduced by the Portuguese in Nagasaki through fritter-cooking techniques in the 16th century. The word ''tem ...

), compared to

unagi is the Japanese word for freshwater eel, particularly the Japanese eel, . Unagi is a common ingredient in Japanese cooking, often as '' kabayaki''. It is not to be confused with saltwater eel, which is known as '' anago'' in Japanese. ...

(freshwater eels) which are usually barbecued with a sauce (

kabayaki is a preparation of fish, especially ''unagi'' eel,, vol. 7,"kabayaki" by describes it as being used principally or almost always for ''unagi'' (「もっぱら鰻」) where the fish is split down the back the Japanese dictionary says ''kaba ...

). Anago is also slightly less rich and oily than unagi. Anago has a very soft texture and sweet taste.

Species

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Heteroconger hassi The spotted garden eel (''Heteroconger hassi'') is a heteroconger belonging to the family Congridae. It is native to the Indo-Pacific. Description The spotted garden eel is a small fish that can reach a maximum length of . Its body is anguiform ...

'' (Klausewitz & Eibl-Eibesfeldt 1959) * ''

Ariosoma anago The silvery conger (''Ariosoma anago'') also known as the sea conger, the darkfin conger, the dark-finned conger-eel, or simply the conger eel, is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).

'', ''

Anago anago The silvery conger (''Ariosoma anago'') also known as the sea conger, the darkfin conger, the dark-finned conger-eel, or simply the conger eel, is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).

'' or ''

Conger anago The silvery conger (''Ariosoma anago'') also known as the sea conger, the darkfin conger, the dark-finned conger-eel, or simply the conger eel, is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).

'' (Temminck et Schlegel, 1846) * ''

Conger cinereus The longfin African conger (''Conger cinereus'') or blacklip conger, is an eel of the family (biology), family Congridae, found in the Indo-Pacific oceans from the Red Sea and East Africa to the Marquesas Islands, Marquesas and Easter Islands, Eas ...

'' (Rüppell, 1830) * ''

Conger japonicus The whitespotted conger (''Conger myriaster'') (Japanese: ; ''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 bo ...

'' (Bleeker, 1879) * ''

'' (Brevoort, 1856) * ''

Gorgasia japonica ''Gorgasia'' is one of the two genera that belong to the subfamily '' Heterocongrinae'' (common name: garden eels). This genus is classified by the behavioral pattern of burrowing 75% of their bodies in the sandy substrate they live in and protru ...

'' (Abe, Asai & Miki 1977)

References

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