Bathycongrus bleekeri

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Bathycongrus bleekeri
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae
Genus: Bathycongrus
Species:B. bleekeri
Binomial name
Bathycongrus bleekeri
Fowler, 1934
Synonyms [1]
  • Ariosoma bleekeri(Fowler, 1934)

Bathycongrus bleekeri is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). [2] It was described by Henry Weed Fowler in 1934. [3] 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. [2]

Eel order of fishes

An eel is any ray-finned fish belonging to the order Anguilliformes, which consists of four suborders, 20 families, 111 genera, and about 800 species. Eels undergo considerable development from the early larval stage to the eventual adult stage, and most are predators. The term “eel” originally referred to the European eel, and the name of the order means “European eel-shaped.”

Congridae family of fishes

The Congridae are the family of conger and garden eels. Congers are valuable and often large food fishes, while garden eels live in colonies, all protruding from the sea floor after the manner of plants in a garden. The family includes over 180 species in 32 genera.

Henry Weed Fowler was an American zoologist born in Holmesburg, Pennsylvania.

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References

  1. Synonyms of Bathycongrus bleekeri at www.fishbase.org.
  2. 1 2 Bathycongrus bleekeri at www.fishbase.org.
  3. 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.