Bullish conger

The Bullish conger[2] (Bathycongrus bullisi) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[3] It was described by David G. Smith and Robert H. Kanazawa in 1977, originally under the genus Rhechias.[4] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the Gulf of Mexico to the Amazon, in the western Atlantic Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 366–475 meters. Males can reach a maximum total length of 39.5 centimeters.[3]

Bullish conger
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae
Genus: Bathycongrus
Species:
B. bullisi
Binomial name
Bathycongrus bullisi
(Smith & Kanazawa, 1977)
Synonyms[1]
  • Rhechias bullisi Smith & Kanazawa, 1977

References

  1. Synonyms of Bathycongrus bullisi at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Common names for Bathycongrus bullisi at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Bathycongrus bullisi at www.fishbase.org.
  4. Smith, D. G. and R. H. Kanazawa, 1977 [ref. 4036] Eight new species and a new genus of congrid eels from the western north Atlantic with redescriptions of Ariosoma analis, Hildebrandia guppyi, and Rhechias vicinalis. Bulletin of Marine Science v. 27 (no. 3): 530-543.


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