The Toothy conger[3] (Bathycongrus odontostomus) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[4] It was described by Henry Weed Fowler in 1934, originally under the genus Uranoconger.[5] 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.[4]
Toothy conger | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Congridae |
Genus: | Bathycongrus |
Species: | B. odontostomus
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Binomial name | |
Bathycongrus odontostomus (Fowler, 1934)
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Synonyms[2] | |
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References
edit- ^ McCosker, J.; Smith, D.G.; Tighe, K. (2019). "Bathycongrus odontostomus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T199244A2574045. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199244A2574045.en. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
- ^ Synonyms of Bathycongrus odontostomus at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Common names for Bathycongrus odontostomus at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b 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.