Bathycongrus Bertini

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Short description: Species of fish

Bathycongrus bertini
Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae
Genus: Bathycongrus
Species:
B. bertini
Binomial name
Bathycongrus bertini
(Poll, 1953)
Synonyms[2]
  • Congermuraena bertini Poll, 1953
  • Rhechias bertini (Poll, 1953)

Bathycongrus bertini is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[3] It was described by Max Poll in 1953, originally under the genus Congermuraena.[4] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from Mauritania to Angola, in the eastern Atlantic Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 200–400 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 39 centimetres.[3]

References

  1. Carpenter, K.E.; Smith-Vaniz, W.F.; de Bruyne, G.; de Morais, L. (2015). "Bathycongrus bertini". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T60469441A60787307. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T60469441A60787307.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/60469441/60787307. Retrieved 6 January 2022. 
  2. Synonyms of Bathycongrus bertini at www.fishbase.org.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Bathycongrus bertini at www.fishbase.org.
  4. Poll, M., 1953 (30 Nov.) [ref. 12713] Poissons III. Téléostéens Malacoptérygiens. Résultats scientifique. Expédition océanographic belge dans les eaux côtières africaines de l'Atlantique sud (1948–1949). Bruxelles. v. 4 (no. 2): 1–258, Pls. 1–8.

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