Bathycongrus trimaculatus

Short description: Species of fish

Bathycongrus trimaculatus

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Anguilliformes
Family:  | Congridae
Genus:  | Bathycongrus
Species:  |

B. trimaculatus

Binomial name
Bathycongrus trimaculatus

Karmovskaya & Smith, 2008

Bathycongrus trimaculatus is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[2] It was described by Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya and David G. Smith in 2008.[3] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the southwestern Pacific Ocean, including Fiji, New Caledonia, and the Solomon Islands. It dwells at a depth range of 357–550 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 16.1 centimetres.[2]

The species epithet "trimaculatus" means "three spots" in Latin, and refers to the quantity of spots adorning the anal and dorsal fins of the eel.[2]

## References

1. ↑ McCosker, J.; Smith, D.G.; Tighe, K. (2019). "Bathycongrus trimaculatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T199235A2573126. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199235A2573126.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/199235/2573126. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Bathycongrus trimaculatus at www.fishbase.org.
3. ↑ Karmovskaya, E. S., and D. G. Smith, 2008 [ref. 29972] Bathycongrus trimaculatus, a new congrid eel (Teleostei: Anguilliformes) from the southwestern Pacific, with a redescription of Bathycongrus bleekeri Fowler. Zootaxa No. 1943: 26-36.

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