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| Bathycongrus trilineatus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Congridae |
| Genus: | Bathycongrus |
| Species: | B. trilineatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Bathycongrus trilineatus (Castle, 1964)
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Bathycongrus trilineatus is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[3] It was described by Peter Henry John Castle in 1964, originally under the genus Leptocephalus.[4] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the western central Pacific Ocean. It is known to dwell at a depth of 50 metres.[3]