Bullish conger

Bullish conger
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Anguilliformes
Family:Congridae
Genus:Bathycongrus
Species: B. bullisi
Binomial name
Bathycongrus bullisi
(Smith & Kanazawa, 1977)
Synonyms[1]
  • Rhechias bullisi Smith & Kanazawa, 1977

The Bullish conger[2] (Bathycongrus bullisi) 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 Gulf of Mexico to the Amazon, in the western Atlantic Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 366–475 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 39.5 centimetres.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Synonyms of Bathycongrus bullisi at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ↑ Common names for Bathycongrus bullisi at www.fishbase.org.
  3. 1 2 Bathycongrus bullisi at www.fishbase.org.
  4. ↑ Smith, D. G. and R. H. Kanazawa, 1977 [ref. 4036] Eight new species and a new genus of congrid eels from the western north Atlantic with redescriptions of Ariosoma analis, Hildebrandia guppyi, and Rhechias vicinalis. Bulletin of Marine Science v. 27 (no. 3): 530-543.


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