Shorthead conger
| Shorthead conger | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Congridae |
| Genus: | Bathycongrus |
| Species: | B. macrurus |
| Binomial name | |
| Bathycongrus macrurus (Gilbert, 1891) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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The Shorthead conger[2] (Bathycongrus macrurus) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[3] It was described by Charles Henry Gilbert in 1891, originally under the genus Ophisoma.[4] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the Gulf of California to Panama, in the eastern central Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 265-590 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 25 centimetres.[3]
References
- ↑ Synonyms of Bathycongrus macrurus at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Common names for Bathycongrus macrurus at www.fishbase.org.
- 1 2 Bathycongrus macrurus at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Gilbert, C. H., 1891 (8 Sept.) [ref. 1625] Descriptions of apodal fishes from the tropical Pacific. In: Scientific results of explorations by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross. Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 14 (no. 856): 347-352.
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