Toothy conger | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Congridae |
Genus: | Bathycongrus |
Species: | B. odontostomus
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Binomial name | |
Bathycongrus odontostomus (
Fowler, 1934)
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Synonyms [2] | |
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The Toothy conger [3] (Bathycongrus odontostomus) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). [4] It was described by Henry Weed Fowler in 1934, originally under the genus Uranoconger. [5] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the western Indian and southwestern Pacific Ocean, including the Philippines and Indonesia. It is known to dwell at a depth of 886 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 4.3 centimetres. [4]
Toothy conger | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Congridae |
Genus: | Bathycongrus |
Species: | B. odontostomus
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Binomial name | |
Bathycongrus odontostomus (
Fowler, 1934)
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Synonyms [2] | |
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The Toothy conger [3] (Bathycongrus odontostomus) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). [4] It was described by Henry Weed Fowler in 1934, originally under the genus Uranoconger. [5] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the western Indian and southwestern Pacific Ocean, including the Philippines and Indonesia. It is known to dwell at a depth of 886 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 4.3 centimetres. [4]