| Swollen-headed conger eel | |
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| Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Congridae |
| Genus: | Bassanago |
| Species: | B. bulbiceps |
| Binomial name | |
| Bassanago bulbiceps Whitley, 1948 | |
The swollen-headed conger eel, Bassanago bulbiceps, is a conger of the family Congridae, found on continental slopes around southern Australia and New Zealand. Its length is between 40 and 60 cm.
References
- Tighe, K.; Smith, D.G.; McCosker, J. (2019). "Bassanago bulbiceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T199419A2593332. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199419A2593332.en. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
- "Bassanago bulbiceps". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 19 March 2006.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Bassanago bulbiceps". FishBase. January 2006 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8