+ Conger macrocephalus Kanazawa, 1958

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Conger macrocephalus Kanazawa, 1958:254, pl. 1, fig. M (Verde Island passage, Luzon Island, Philippines, 13°34'37"N, 121°07'30"E, ca. 180 fathoms [329 m]).

Conger japonicus (not of Bleeker, 1879):? Chen & Weng, 1967:49;? Chen, 1969: 132;? Shen 1984a:112;? Shen, 1988:15;? Shen et al., 1993:116;? Chen, 2004:32;?Ho et al., 2010:table 1.

Conger wilsoni (not of Bloch & Schneider, 1801):? Chen & Yu, 1986:252.

Conger conger (not of Linnaeus, 1758):? Lee & Yang, 1966:56, fig. 5.

Voucher specimens: Many in ASIZP, NMMB-P and USNM.

Remarks. This is a new record for Taiwan. This species appears to be common in deep waters around Taiwan and is mainly collected by bottom trawl. Many specimens in collections were previously mis-identified as C. japonicus .