Toothy conger

Toothy conger
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Anguilliformes
Family:Congridae
Genus:Bathycongrus
Species: B. odontostomus
Binomial name
Bathycongrus odontostomus
(Fowler, 1934)
Synonyms[1]
  • Uranoconger odontostomus Fowler, 1934

The Toothy conger[2] (Bathycongrus odontostomus) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[3] It was described by Henry Weed Fowler in 1934, originally under the genus Uranoconger.[4] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the western Indian and southwestern Pacific Ocean, including the Philippines and Indonesia. It is known to dwell at a depth of 886 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 4.3 centimetres.[3]

References

  1. Synonyms of Bathycongrus odontostomus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Common names for Bathycongrus odontostomus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. 1 2 Bathycongrus odontostomus at www.fishbase.org.
  4. Fowler, H. W., 1934 (20 Jan.) [ref. 1416] Descriptions of new fishes obtained 1907 to 1910, chiefly in the Philippine Islands and adjacent seas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 85 (for 1933): 233-367.


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