''Conger macrocephalus'' is an

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 ...

in the family

Congridae The Congridae are the family of conger and garden eels. Congers are valuable and often large food fishes, while garden eels live in colonies, all protruding from the sea floor after the manner of plants in a garden (thus the name). The family i ...

(conger/garden eels).''Conger macrocephalus''
at www.fishbase.org. It was described by

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in 1958.Kanazawa, R. H., 1958 (6 Oct.)

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''A revision of the eels of the genus Conger with descriptions of four new species.'' Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 108 (no. 3400): 219-267, Pls. 1-4. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

, in the western central

Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the contin ...

. It is known to dwell at a depth of 329 metres.

References

Conger Endemic fauna of the Philippines Fish of the Philippines Taxa named by Robert H. Kanazawa Fish described in 1958 {{Anguilliformes-stub