Dubious conger

Short description: Species of fish

Dubious conger

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

B. dubius

Binomial name
Bathycongrus dubius

(Breder, 1927)

Synonyms[1]

* Pseudoxenomystax dubius Breder, 1927

The dubious conger[2] (Bathycongrus dubius) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[3] It was described by Charles Marcus Breder Jr. in 1927, originally under the genus Pseudoxenomystax.[4] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the western Atlantic Ocean, including the United States , the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, and the Guianas. It dwells at a depth range of 128–886 meters. Males can reach a maximum total length of 44.3 centimetres (1.45 ft) centimeters.[3]

## References

1. ↑ Synonyms of Bathycongrus dubius at www.fishbase.org.
2. ↑ Common names for Bathycongrus dubius at www.fishbase.org.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Bathycongrus dubius at www.fishbase.org.
4. ↑ Breder, C. M., Jr., 1927 (19 Oct.) [ref. 635] Scientific results of the first oceanographic expedition of the "Pawnee" 1925. Fishes. Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection Yale University v. 1 (art. 1): 1-90.

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