Toothy conger

Short description: Species of fish

Toothy conger

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. odontostomus

Binomial name
Bathycongrus odontostomus

(Fowler, 1934)

Synonyms[2]

* Uranoconger odontostomus Fowler, 1934

The Toothy conger[3] (Bathycongrus odontostomus) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[4] It was described by Henry Weed Fowler in 1934, originally under the genus Uranoconger.[5] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the western Indian and southwestern Pacific Ocean, including the Philippines and Indonesia. It is known to dwell at a depth of 886 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 4.3 centimetres.[4]

## References

1. ↑ McCosker, J.; Smith, D.G.; Tighe, K. (2019). "Bathycongrus odontostomus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T199244A2574045. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199244A2574045.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/199244/2574045. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
2. ↑ Synonyms of Bathycongrus odontostomus at www.fishbase.org.
3. ↑ Common names for Bathycongrus odontostomus at www.fishbase.org.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Bathycongrus odontostomus at www.fishbase.org.
5. ↑ Fowler, H. W., 1934 (20 Jan.) [ref. 1416] Descriptions of new fishes obtained 1907 to 1910, chiefly in the Philippine Islands and adjacent seas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 85 (for 1933): 233-367.

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