Bathycongrus bleekeri

Bathycongrus bleekeri
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Congridae
Genus:	Bathycongrus
Species:	B. bleekeri
Binomial name
Bathycongrus bleekeri Fowler, 1934
Synonyms [2]
Ariosoma bleekeri(Fowler, 1934)

Bathycongrus bleekeri is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). ^[3] It was described by Henry Weed Fowler in 1934. ^[4] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the Philippines, in the western central Pacific Ocean. It is known to dwell at a depth of 51 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 8 centimetres. ^[3]

References

1. McCosker, J.; Smith, D.G.; Tighe, K. (2019). "Bathycongrus bleekeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 e.T199268A2576696. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199268A2576696.en . Retrieved 6 January 2022.
2. Synonyms of Bathycongrus bleekeri at www.fishbase.org.
3. Bathycongrus bleekeri at www.fishbase.org.
4. Fowler, H. W., 1934 (20 Jan.) [ref. 1416] Descriptions of new fishes obtained 1907 to 1910, chiefly in the Philippine Islands and adjacent seas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 85 (for 1933): 233-367.