Longnose conger | |
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Conservation status | |
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Congridae |
Genus: | Bathycongrus |
Species: | B. wallacei |
Binomial name | |
Bathycongrus wallacei (Castle, 1968) | |
Synonyms | |
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The Longnose conger (Bathycongrus wallacei) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by Peter Henry John Castle in 1968, originally under the genus Congrina. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the Indo-Western Pacific, including Mozambique, Natal, South Africa, Japan, the Philippines, and Indonesia. It dwells at a depth range of 250–500 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 55 centimetres.
References
- McCosker, J.; Smith, D.G.; Tighe, K. (2019). "Bathycongrus wallacei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T199140A2563257. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199140A2563257.en. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
- Synonyms of Bathycongrus wallacei at www.fishbase.org.
- Common names for Bathycongrus wallacei at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Bathycongrus wallacei at www.fishbase.org.
- Castle, P. H. J., 1968 (Sept.) The congrid eels of the western Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 33: 685-726.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Bathycongrus wallacei |
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