Bathycongrus bertini

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Bathycongrus bertini
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae
Genus: Bathycongrus
Species:
B. bertini
Binomial name
Bathycongrus bertini
(Poll, 1953)
Synonyms [2]
  • Congermuraena bertiniPoll, 1953
  • Rhechias bertini(Poll, 1953)

Bathycongrus bertini is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). [3] It was described by Max Poll in 1953, originally under the genus Congermuraena . [4] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from Mauritania to Angola, in the eastern Atlantic Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 200–400 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 39 centimetres. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Carpenter, K.E.; Smith-Vaniz, W.F.; de Bruyne, G.; de Morais, L. (2015). "Bathycongrus bertini". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2015 e.T60469441A60787307. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T60469441A60787307.en . Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  2. ↑ Synonyms of Bathycongrus bertini at www.fishbase.org.
  3. 1 2 Bathycongrus bertini at www.fishbase.org.
  4. ↑ Poll, M., 1953 (30 Nov.) [ref. 12713] Poissons III. Téléostéens Malacoptérygiens. Résultats scientifique. Expédition océanographic belge dans les eaux côtières africaines de l'Atlantique sud (1948–1949). Bruxelles. v. 4 (no. 2): 1–258, Pls. 1–8.


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