Dubious conger | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Congridae |
Genus: | Bathycongrus |
Species: | B. dubius
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Binomial name | |
Bathycongrus dubius (Breder, 1927)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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The dubious conger [2] (Bathycongrus dubius) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). [3] It was described by Charles Marcus Breder Jr. in 1927, originally under the genus Pseudoxenomystax. [4] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the western Atlantic Ocean, including the United States, the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, and the Guianas. It dwells at a depth range of 128–886 meters. Males can reach a maximum total length of 44.3 centimetres (1.45 ft) centimeters. [3]
Dubious conger | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Congridae |
Genus: | Bathycongrus |
Species: | B. dubius
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Binomial name | |
Bathycongrus dubius (Breder, 1927)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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The dubious conger [2] (Bathycongrus dubius) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). [3] It was described by Charles Marcus Breder Jr. in 1927, originally under the genus Pseudoxenomystax. [4] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the western Atlantic Ocean, including the United States, the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, and the Guianas. It dwells at a depth range of 128–886 meters. Males can reach a maximum total length of 44.3 centimetres (1.45 ft) centimeters. [3]