Ariosoma anago (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)

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Conger anago Temminck & Schlegel, 1846:259 (type locality: Nagasaki, Japan).

Leptocephalus anagoides (not of Bleeker, 1854): Jordan & Richardson, 1909:171.

Alloconger anagoides (not of Bleeker, 1854): Chu, 1957:14; Lee & Yang, 1966:54, fig. 2;? Chen & Weng, 1967:45; Chen, 1969:132; Chen & Yu, 1986:252; Shen et al., 1993:115; Shao et al., 1994a:274.

Ariosoma anago (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846): Shao et al., 2008:239.

Remarks. There has been considerable confusion over this name in the past. The species treated as Anago [= Ariosoma] anago by Asano (1962) is in fact Ariosoma meeki (Jordan & Snyder, 1901); the true A. anago was treated by Asano as Ariosoma anagoides (Bleeker, 1852) . Most subsequent authors followed Asano. Previous records of Ariosoma anago from Taiwan are reidentified by us as A. meeki, and records of A. anagoides are reidentified as A. anago . Known from Japan and Taiwan; southern limit of distribution uncertain.