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Bristletooth conger
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Congridae
Genus:	Xenomystax
Species:	X. congroides
Binomial name
Xenomystax congroides D. G. Smith & Kanazawa, 1989

The bristletooth conger (Xenomystax congroides) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by David G. Smith and Robert H. Kanazawa in 1989. It is a marine, deep water–dwelling eel which is known from the western Atlantic Ocean, including northeastern Florida, U.S.A.; the Gulf of Mexico, the Amazon River, the Bahamas and the West Indies. It dwells at a depth range of 140–825 metres (459–2,707 ft). Males can reach a maximum total length of 87.6 centimetres (34.5 in).

References

1. Tighe, K. (2015). "Xenomystax congroides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T190085A1940431. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T190085A1940431.en. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Xenomystax congroides". FishBase. January 2024 version.
3. Smith, D. G., 1989 In: E. B. Böhlke (ed.) . Memoirs of the Sears Foundation of Marine Research Mem. 1 (part 9).

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