Bathycongrus bertini is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[3] It was described by Max Poll in 1953, originally under the genus Congermuraena.[4] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from Mauritania to Angola, in the eastern Atlantic Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 200–400 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 39 centimetres.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Congridae |
| Genus: | Bathycongrus |
| Species: | B. bertini
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| Bathycongrus bertini (Poll, 1953)
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References
edit- ^ Carpenter, K.E.; Smith-Vaniz, W.F.; de Bruyne, G.; de Morais, L. (2015). "Bathycongrus bertini". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T60469441A60787307. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T60469441A60787307.en. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
- ^ Synonyms of Bathycongrus bertini at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Bathycongrus bertini at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Poll, M., 1953 (30 Nov.) [ref. 12713] Poissons III. Téléostéens Malacoptérygiens. Résultats scientifique. Expédition océanographic belge dans les eaux côtières africaines de l'Atlantique sud (1948–1949). Bruxelles. v. 4 (no. 2): 1–258, Pls. 1–8.
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