Longnose conger

Longnose conger
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae
Genus: Bathycongrus
Species:
B. wallacei
Binomial name
Bathycongrus wallacei
(Castle, 1968)
Synonyms[2]
  • Congrina wallacei Castle, 1968
  • Rhechias wallacei (Castle, 1968)
  • Bathycongrus baranesi Ben-Tuvia, 1993

The Longnose conger[3] (Bathycongrus wallacei) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[4] It was described by Peter Henry John Castle in 1968, originally under the genus Congrina.[5] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the Indo-Western Pacific, including Mozambique, Natal, South Africa, Japan, the Philippines, and Indonesia. It dwells at a depth range of 250–500 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 55 centimetres.[4]

References

  1. ^ McCosker, J.; Smith, D.G.; Tighe, K. (2019). "Bathycongrus wallacei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T199140A2563257. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199140A2563257.en. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  2. ^ Synonyms of Bathycongrus wallacei at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ Common names for Bathycongrus wallacei at www.fishbase.org.
  4. ^ a b Bathycongrus wallacei at www.fishbase.org.
  5. ^ Castle, P. H. J., 1968 (Sept.) [ref. 7877] The congrid eels of the western Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 33: 685-726.


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