Toothy conger

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]

Toothy conger
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]
  • Uranoconger odontostomus Fowler, 1934

References

  1. Synonyms of Bathycongrus odontostomus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Common names for Bathycongrus odontostomus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Bathycongrus odontostomus at www.fishbase.org.
  4. 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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