Bathycongrus trilineatus

Bathycongrus trilineatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Anguilliformes
Family:Congridae
Genus:Bathycongrus
Species: B. trilineatus
Binomial name
Bathycongrus trilineatus
(Castle, 1964)
Synonyms[1]
  • Leptocephalus trilineatus Castle, 1964
  • Bathyuroconger trilineatus (Castle, 1964)

Bathycongrus trilineatus is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[2] It was described by Peter Henry John Castle in 1964, originally under the genus Leptocephalus.[3] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the western central Pacific Ocean. It is known to dwell at a depth of 50 metres.[2]

References

  1. Synonyms of Bathycongrus trilineatus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. 1 2 Bathycongrus trilineatus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Castle, P. H. J., 1964 (16 Mar.) [ref. 1611] Congrid leptocephali in Australasian waters with descriptions of Conger wilsoni (Bl. and Schn.) and C. verreauxi Kaup. Zoological Publications from Victoria University of Wellington No. 37: 1-45.


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