Maputo conger

Short description: Species of fish

Maputo conger

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]

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

B. smithi

Binomial name
Bathymyrus smithi

Castle, 1968

The Maputo conger[2] (Bathymyrus smithi) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[3] It was described by Peter Henry John Castle in 1968.[4] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which also inhabits brackish waters, and is known from the Limpopo River and the Indian Ocean. It is known to dwell at a depth range of 470–490 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 58 centimetres.[3]

## References

1. ↑ Tighe, K.; Smith, D.G.; McCosker, J. (2019). "Bathymyrus smithi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T199028A2551497. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199028A2551497.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/199028/2551497. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
2. ↑ Common names for Bathymyrus smithi at www.fishbase.org.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Bathymyrus smithi at www.fishbase.org.
4. ↑ Castle, P. H. J., 1968 (11 May) [ref. 7876] Description and osteology of a new eel of the genus Bathymyrus from off Mozambique. Special Publication, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 4: 1–12.

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