Bathycongrus longicavis

Short description: Species of fish

Bathycongrus longicavis

Conservation status

Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1]

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

B. longicavis

Binomial name
Bathycongrus longicavis

Karmovskaya, 2009

Bathycongrus longicavis is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[2] It was described by Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya in 2009.[3] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the Pacific Ocean, including Vanuatu and the New Hebrides Trench. It dwells at a depth range of 532–599 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 38.6 centimetres.[2]

The species epithet refers to the long cavity on the abdomen of the species.[2]

## References

1. ↑ McCosker, J.; Smith, D.G.; Tighe, K. (2019). "Bathycongrus longicavis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T103684251A103687386. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T103684251A103687386.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/103684251/103687386. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Bathycongrus longicavis at www.fishbase.org.
3. ↑ Karmovskaya, E. S., 2009 [ref. 30139] New records of congrid eels of the genus Bathycongrus (Congridae) in the west-central tropical Pacific Ocean, with a description of three new species. Journal of Ichthyology v. 49 (no. 2): 139–153.

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