Toothy conger
| Toothy conger | |
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| 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] | |
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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
- ↑ Synonyms of Bathycongrus odontostomus at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Common names for Bathycongrus odontostomus at www.fishbase.org.
- 1 2 Bathycongrus odontostomus at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ 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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