Bullish conger | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Congridae |
Genus: | Bathycongrus |
Species: | B. bullisi
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Binomial name | |
Bathycongrus bullisi (
D. G. Smith &
Kanazawa, 1977)
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Synonyms [2] | |
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The Bullish conger [3] (Bathycongrus bullisi) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). [4] It was described by David G. Smith and Robert H. Kanazawa in 1977, originally under the genus Rhechias. [5] 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 meters. Males can reach a maximum total length of 39.5 centimeters. [4]
The eel was named in honor of marine biologist Harvey R. Bullis, Jr. (1924-1992), of the National Marine Fisheries Service. [6]
Bullish conger | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Congridae |
Genus: | Bathycongrus |
Species: | B. bullisi
|
Binomial name | |
Bathycongrus bullisi (
D. G. Smith &
Kanazawa, 1977)
| |
Synonyms [2] | |
|
The Bullish conger [3] (Bathycongrus bullisi) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). [4] It was described by David G. Smith and Robert H. Kanazawa in 1977, originally under the genus Rhechias. [5] 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 meters. Males can reach a maximum total length of 39.5 centimeters. [4]
The eel was named in honor of marine biologist Harvey R. Bullis, Jr. (1924-1992), of the National Marine Fisheries Service. [6]