Dubious conger
| Dubious conger | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Congridae |
| Genus: | Bathycongrus |
| Species: | B. dubius |
| Binomial name | |
| Bathycongrus dubius (Breder, 1927) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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The Dubious conger[2] (Bathycongrus dubius) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[3] It was described by Charles Marcus Breder Jr. in 1927, originally under the genus Pseudoxenomystax.[4] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the western Atlantic Ocean, including the United States, the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, and the Guianas. It dwells at a depth range of 128-886 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 44.3 centimetres.[3]
References
- ↑ Synonyms of Bathycongrus dubius at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Common names for Bathycongrus dubius at www.fishbase.org.
- 1 2 Bathycongrus dubius at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Breder, C. M., Jr., 1927 (19 Oct.) [ref. 635] Scientific results of the first oceanographic expedition of the "Pawnee" 1925. Fishes. Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection Yale University v. 1 (art. 1): 1-90.
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