Swollen-headed conger eel

Swollen-headed conger eel
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Anguilliformes
Family:Congridae
Genus:Bassanago
Species: B. bulbiceps
Binomial name
Bassanago bulbiceps
Whitley, 1948

The swollen-headed conger eel, Bassanago bulbiceps, is a conger of the family Congridae, found on continental slopes around southern Australia and New Zealand. Its length is between 40 and 60 cm.

References

    • "Bassanago bulbiceps". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 19 March 2006.
    • Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Bassanago bulbiceps" in FishBase. January 2006 version.
    • Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
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