Shorthead conger | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Congridae |
Genus: | Bathycongrus |
Species: | B. macrurus
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Binomial name | |
Bathycongrus macrurus (
Gilbert, 1891)
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Synonyms [2] | |
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The shorthead conger [3] (Bathycongrus macrurus) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). [4] It was described by Charles Henry Gilbert in 1891, originally under the genus Ophisoma. [5] 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. [4]
Shorthead conger | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Congridae |
Genus: | Bathycongrus |
Species: | B. macrurus
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Binomial name | |
Bathycongrus macrurus (
Gilbert, 1891)
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Synonyms [2] | |
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The shorthead conger [3] (Bathycongrus macrurus) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). [4] It was described by Charles Henry Gilbert in 1891, originally under the genus Ophisoma. [5] 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. [4]