Bullish conger
| Bullish conger | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Congridae |
| Genus: | Bathycongrus |
| Species: | B. bullisi |
| Binomial name | |
| Bathycongrus bullisi (Smith & Kanazawa, 1977) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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The Bullish conger[2] (Bathycongrus bullisi) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[3] It was described by David G. Smith and Robert H. Kanazawa in 1977, originally under the genus Rhechias.[4] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the Gulf of Mexico to the Amazon, in the western Atlantic Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 366-475 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 39.5 centimetres.[3]
References
- ↑ Synonyms of Bathycongrus bullisi at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Common names for Bathycongrus bullisi at www.fishbase.org.
- 1 2 Bathycongrus bullisi at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Smith, D. G. and R. H. Kanazawa, 1977 [ref. 4036] Eight new species and a new genus of congrid eels from the western north Atlantic with redescriptions of Ariosoma analis, Hildebrandia guppyi, and Rhechias vicinalis. Bulletin of Marine Science v. 27 (no. 3): 530-543.
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