{{Short description|Species of fish}} {{Speciesbox | image = | genus = Gavialiceps | species = javanicus | authority = Karmovskaya, 1993 | synonyms_ref = | synonyms = }}
'''''Gavialiceps javanicus''''', the '''duckbill conger''', is an eel in the family Muraenesocidae (pike congers).<ref>[http://www.fishbase.org/comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=60917&GenusName=Gavialiceps&SpeciesName=javanicus&StockCode=50698 Common names for ''Gavialiceps javanicus''] at www.fishbase.org.</ref><ref name="Fishbase">[http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Gavialiceps-javanicus.html ''Gavialiceps javanicus''] at www.fishbase.org.</ref> It was described by Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya in 1993.<ref name="Karmovskaya, 1993">Karmovskaya, E. S. 1993 [ref. 22018] ''Systematics and distribution of the eel genus Gavialiceps (Congridae) in the Indo-West Pacific.'' Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 33 (no. 6): 742–752.</ref> It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the Indo-West Pacific, including northwestern Australia, Java (from which the species epithet is derived), and Indonesia. It dwells at a depth range of 560–600 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 89 centimetres.<ref name="Fishbase"/>
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javanicus Category:Fish described in 1993
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