Longnose conger | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Congridae |
Genus: | Bathycongrus |
Species: | B. wallacei
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Binomial name | |
Bathycongrus wallacei (Castle, 1968)
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Synonyms [2] | |
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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]
Longnose conger | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Congridae |
Genus: | Bathycongrus |
Species: | B. wallacei
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Binomial name | |
Bathycongrus wallacei (Castle, 1968)
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Synonyms [2] | |
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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]