Bathycongrus aequoreus
| Bathycongrus aequoreus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Congridae |
| Genus: | Bathycongrus |
| Species: | B. aequoreus |
| Binomial name | |
| Bathycongrus aequoreus (Gilbert & Cramer, 1897) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Bathycongrus aequoreus is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[2] It was described by Charles Henry Gilbert and Frank Cramer in 1897, originally under the genus Congermuraena.[3] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from Hawaii, in the eastern central Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 300-686 metres, and leads a benthic lifestyle.[2]
References
- ↑ Synonyms of Bathycongrus aequoreus at www.fishbase.org.
- 1 2 Bathycongrus aequoreus at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Gilbert, C. H. and F. Cramer, 1897 (5 Feb.) [ref. 1635] See ref. at BHL Report on the fishes dredged in deep water near the Hawaiian Islands, with descriptions and figures of twenty-three new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 19 (no. 1114): 403-435, Pls. 36-48.
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