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Longnose conger
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this 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
  • Congrina wallacei Castle, 1968
  • Rhechias wallacei (Castle, 1968)
  • Bathycongrus baranesi Ben-Tuvia, 1993

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

  1. 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.
  2. Synonyms of Bathycongrus wallacei at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Common names for Bathycongrus wallacei at www.fishbase.org.
  4. ^ Bathycongrus wallacei at www.fishbase.org.
  5. 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
Bathycongrus wallacei


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