"James Silverton" <not.jim.silverton.at.comcast.net> wrote in message
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> I did a little searching and came up with
> http://www.ochef.com/652.htm
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> It is again stated that the anago is a Japanese conger eel.
> ..................................
> Q. What is the anago?
>
> A. Anago is the Japanese word for conger eel, which is popular
> both in sushi and grilled with a sweet basting sauce (kabayaki).
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> Unlike the Atlantic and Mediterranean conger eels (conger
> oceanicus and conger conger), which can grow to almost 10 feet
> in length and weigh 170 pounds, the Pacific conger eel (conger
> myriaster) rarely grows beyond 3-1/2 feet in length and a few
> pounds. Anago live in the western North Pacific around Japan,
> the Korean peninsula and in the East China Sea, and is also
> farmed extensively in Japan.
>
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> A "small" conger eel does fit with others have said especially
> Geoff who also gave the species name as Conger myriaster and
> there are very many species of conger eel.
>
> James Silverton.
Yes, there are many species of Conger eels. Here are some photographs that
show
the difference between the Atlantric Conger and the Anago.
Atlantic conger eels:
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/aquarium/pages/conger.html
http://www.njscuba.net/biology/sw_fish_bottom.html
Anago in Japan:
http://www.miyajima.or.jp/gurumet/anago.htm
http://www.uonotana.or.jp/fish/rg/rg...rds=1&id=20007
http://www.pref.kagawa.jp/suisan/htm...nago/anago.htm
Size difference:
Here a 90cm 1.5kg "Big Anago" caught by a 4th grader in Japan.
http://www.morioka-times.com/news/0410/04/04100409.htm
Here 50lb plus atlantic conger eels.
http://www.britishcongerclub.org.uk/album/photos3.htm
http://www.tarkaseatrips.com/gallery/2003-Summer%20Corporate/Kevin's_72lb_reef_conger_eel.jpg
BTW, when I was in Wales I asked about the taste of these very big Atlantic
conger eels,
and the responses I got ranged from "bearable" to "bad". Seemed like they
were a popular
target for fishing because of size rather than culinary value.
M