Lined conger

Lined conger
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae
Genus: Bathycongrus
Species: B. guttulatus
Binomial name
Bathycongrus guttulatus
(Günther, 1887)
Synonyms[1]
  • Congromuraena guttulata Günther, 1887
  • Ariosoma guttulata (Günther, 1887)
  • Conger guttulata (Günther, 1887)
  • Congrellus guttulatus (Günther, 1887)
  • Rhechias guttulatus (Günther, 1887)
  • Congrellus roosendaali Weber & de Beaufort, 1916
  • Bathycongrus roosendaali (Weber & de Beaufort, 1916)
  • Bathycongrus stimpsoni Fowler, 1934

The Lined conger[2] (Bathycongrus guttulatus) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[3] It was described by Albert Günther in 1887, originally under the genus Congromuraena.[4] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the western Indian Ocean to the southwestern Pacific Ocean, including Indonesia and Hawaii. It dwells at a depth range of 270-1270 metres.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Synonyms of Bathycongrus guttulatus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ↑ Common names for Bathycongrus guttulatus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. 1 2 Bathycongrus guttulatus at www.fishbase.org.
  4. ↑ Günther, A., 1887 [ref. 2013] Report on the deep-sea fishes collected by H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H. M. S. Challenger v. 22 (pt 57): i-lxv + 1-268, Pls. 1-66.
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