Japonoconger caribbeus is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).Japonoconger caribbeus at www.fishbase.org. It was described by David G. Smith and Robert H. Kanazawa in 1977.Smith, D. G. and R. H. Kanazawa, 1977 [ref. 4036] Eight new species and a new genus of congrid eels from the western north Atlantic with redescriptions of Ariosoma analis, Hildebrandia guppyi, and Rhechias vicinalis. Bulletin of Marine Science v. 27 (no. 3): 530-543. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known only from the Caribbean Sea (off the coast of Colombia and Venezuela, from which its species epithet is derived), in the western central Atlantic Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of . Males can reach a maximum total length of .
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