Bathycongrus

Bathycongrus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Congridae
Subfamily:	Congrinae
Genus:	Bathycongrus J. D. Ogilby, 1898
Type species
Congromuraena nasica Alcock, 1894 [1]
Species
See text.
Synonyms [1]
Congrina D. S. Jordan & C. L. Hubbs, 1925 Microcephalocongrus ( Fowler, 1934 Pseudoxenomystax Breder, 1927 Rhechias D. S. Jordan, 1921 Uranoconger Fowler, 1934

Bathycongrus is a genus of eels in the family Congridae.

Species

There are currently 30 recognized species in this genus: ^[2]

• Bathycongrus aequoreus (C. H. Gilbert & Cramer, 1897)
• Bathycongrus albimarginatus Huang, Smith, Chang & Chen, 2018
• Bathycongrus bertini (Poll, 1953)
• Bathycongrus bimaculatus Smith & Ho, 2018
• Bathycongrus bleekeri Fowler, 1934
• Bathycongrus brunneus Huang, Ho & Chen, 2018
• Bathycongrus bullisi (D. G. Smith & Kanazawa, 1977) (bullish conger)
• Bathycongrus castlei Smith & Ho, 2018
• Bathycongrus dubius (Breder, 1927) (dubious conger)
• Bathycongrus graciliceps Smith & Ho, 2018
• Bathycongrus guttulatus (Günther, 1887) (Lined conger)
• Bathycongrus longicavis Karmovskaya, 2009
• Bathycongrus macrocercus (Alcock, 1894)
• Bathycongrus macroporis (Kotthaus, 1968)
• Bathycongrus macrurus (C. H. Gilbert, 1891) (Shorthead conger)
• Bathycongrus melanostomus Huang, Ho, Chen & Chan, 2022
• Bathycongrus nasicus (Alcock, 1894)
• Bathycongrus odontostomus (Fowler, 1934) (Toothy conger)
• Bathycongrus parapolyporus Karmovskaya, 2009
• Bathycongrus parviporus Karmovskaya, 2011 ^[3]
• Bathycongrus polyporus (D. G. Smith & Kanazawa, 1977)
• Bathycongrus retrotinctus (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901) (blackedge conger) (formerly known as Bathycongrus randalli)
• Bathycongrus thysanochilus (Reid, 1934) (Conger eel)
• Bathycongrus trilineatus (Castle, 1964)
• Bathycongrus trimaculatus Karmovskaya & D. G. Smith, 2008
• Bathycongrus unimaculatus Karmovskaya, 2009
• Bathycongrus varidens (Garman, 1899) (Largehead conger)
• Bathycongrus vicinalis (Garman, 1899) (Neighbor conger)
• Bathycongrus villosus Smith, Karmovskaya & da Silva, 2020
• Bathycongrus wallacei (Castle, 1968) (Longnose conger)

Former Species

Species formerly categorized as Bathycongrus, that are now listed under a different genus

• Bathycongrus mystax - now known as Gnathophis mystax (thinlip conger)

References

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Congridae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 15 November 2024.
2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Bathycongrus". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 22 May 2025.
3. Karmovskaya, E.S. (2011). "New Species of the Genus Bathycongrus—B. parviporus (Congridae, Anguilliformes)—from Waters of Central Vietnam (Nha Trang and Van Phong Bays)". Journal of Ichthyology. 51 (6): 417–425. Bibcode:2011JIch...51..417K. doi:10.1134/S0032945211040060.