Muraenesocidae

Fricke, Ronald, Allen, Gerald R., Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Hamel, Mélanie A., Laboute, Pierre, Mana, Ralph, Hui, Tan Heok & Uyeno, Daisuke, 2014, Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of Madang District, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 820 new records, Zootaxa 3832 (1), pp. 1-247 : 23

Muraenesocidae

Muraenesox bagio (Hamilton, 1822) —Common pike conger

STATUS AT MADANG. New record from Madang, based on a specimen collected by W.-J. Chen, St. PP 6. NTUM material (NTUM 10203).

DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. East Africa east to Philippines and Fiji, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Nocturnal; found in coastal waters including estuaries, 1– 100 m. Transitional water and marine.