295 Anguilla japonica Temminck & Schlegel, 1846 Anguillidae Freshwater eels Anguilliformes Teleostei Japanese eel Asia: Japan to the East China Sea, Taiwan, Korea, China and northern Philippines. Spawning grounds of this species are presumed to be in the western Mariana Islands, at a salinity front near 15°N and 140°E (Ref. 54488). Most expensive food fish in Japan. Introduced elsewhere. UBC 590653 34 N 134 E Anguilla japonica AMNH 10241 Anguilla japonica AMNH 10244 Anguilla japonica AMNH 10247 Anguilla japonica AMNH 10249 Anguilla japonica AMNH 10252 Anguilla japonica AMNH 13013 Anguilla japonica AMNH 13610 Anguilla japonica AMNH 17744 Anguilla japonica AMNH 34775 Anguilla japonica AMNH 34801 Anguilla japonica AMNH 7051 Anguilla japonica AMNH 7053 Anguilla japonica AMNH 79323 Anguilla japonica AMNH 79487 Anguilla japonica AMNH 18749 1919 Anguilla japonica AMNH 26693 1922 Anguilla japonica AMNH 12139 1925 Anguilla japonica AMNH 14468 1925 Anguilla japonica ISH 2-1925 1925 Anguilla japonica AMNH 11097 1926 Anguilla japonica AMNH 37060 1926 Anguilla japonica AMNH 15290 1938 Anguilla japonica AMNH 20330 1956 Anguilla japonica FW O1754-T 1985 Anguilla japonica