Bathycongrus macrocercus
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Congridae |
Genus: | Bathycongrus |
Species: | B. macrocercus
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Binomial name | |
Bathycongrus macrocercus (Alcock, 1894)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Bathycongrus macrocercus is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[2] It was described by Alfred William Alcock in 1894, originally under the genus Congromuraena.[3] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the Andaman Islands, in the eastern Indian Ocean.[2]
References
- ^ Synonyms of Bathycongrus macrocercus at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Bathycongrus macrocercus at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Alcock, A. W., 1894 [ref. 90] Natural history notes from H. M. Indian marine survey steamer `Investigator,'... Series II., No. 11. An account of a recent collection of bathybial fishes from the Bay of Bengal and from the Laccadive Sea. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 63 (pt 2): 115-137, Pls. 6-7.