Biology:Bathycongrus thysanochilus
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Short description: Species of fish
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Congridae |
| Genus: | Bathycongrus |
| Species: | B. thysanochilus
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| Binomial name | |
| Bathycongrus thysanochilus (Reid, 1934)
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The Conger eel[3] (Bathycongrus thysanochilus) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[4] It was described by Earl Desmond Reid in 1934, originally under the genus Congrina.[5] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from Cuba and Venezuela, in the western central Atlantic Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 476–659 metres.
References
- ↑ McCosker, J.; Smith, D.G.; Tighe, K. (2019). "Bathycongrus thysanochilus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T199306A2580761. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199306A2580761.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/199306/2580761. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
- ↑ Synonyms of Bathycongrus thysanochilus at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Common names for Bathycongrus thysanochilus at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Bathycongrus thysanochilus at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Reid, E. D., 1934 [ref. 16454] Two new congrid eels and a new flatfish. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections v. 91 (no. 15): 1-11, Pl. 1.
Wikidata ☰ Q2631525 entry
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