Bathycongrus polyporus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Congridae |
Genus: | Bathycongrus |
Species: | B. polyporus
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Binomial name | |
Bathycongrus polyporus (
D. G. Smith &
Kanazawa, 1977)
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Synonyms [2] | |
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Bathycongrus polyporus is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). [3] It was described by David G. Smith and Robert H. Kanazawa in 1977, originally under the genus Rhechias. [4] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the Straits of Florida and the northern coast of Cuba, in the western central Atlantic Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 439–549 meters. Males can reach a maximum total length of 43 centimeters. [3]
The species epithet "polyporus" means "many pored" in Ancient Greek, and refers to the large quantity of pores in the eel's lateralis system. [3]
Bathycongrus polyporus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Congridae |
Genus: | Bathycongrus |
Species: | B. polyporus
|
Binomial name | |
Bathycongrus polyporus (
D. G. Smith &
Kanazawa, 1977)
| |
Synonyms [2] | |
|
Bathycongrus polyporus is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). [3] It was described by David G. Smith and Robert H. Kanazawa in 1977, originally under the genus Rhechias. [4] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the Straits of Florida and the northern coast of Cuba, in the western central Atlantic Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 439–549 meters. Males can reach a maximum total length of 43 centimeters. [3]
The species epithet "polyporus" means "many pored" in Ancient Greek, and refers to the large quantity of pores in the eel's lateralis system. [3]