Bathycongrus macrocercus

Short description: Species of fish

Bathycongrus macrocercus

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]

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

B. macrocercus

Binomial name
Bathycongrus macrocercus

(Alcock, 1894)

Synonyms[2]

* Congromuraena macrocercus Alcock, 1894

Bathycongrus macrocercus is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[3] It was described by Alfred William Alcock in 1894, originally under the genus Congromuraena.[4] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the Andaman Islands, in the eastern Indian Ocean.[3]

## References

1. ↑ McCosker, J.; Smith, D.G.; Tighe, K. (2019). "Bathycongrus macrocercus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T199296A2579793. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199296A2579793.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/199296/2579793. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
2. ↑ Synonyms of Bathycongrus macrocercus at www.fishbase.org.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Bathycongrus macrocercus at www.fishbase.org.
4. ↑ Alcock, A. W., 1894 [ref. 90] Natural history notes from H. M. Indian marine survey steamer `Investigator,'... Series II., No. 11. An account of a recent collection of bathybial fishes from the Bay of Bengal and from the Laccadive Sea. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 63 (pt 2): 115-137, Pls. 6-7.

See also Wikidata entry Q2274874.

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