Bathycongrus polyporus

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Bathycongrus polyporus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae
Genus: Bathycongrus
Species:
B. polyporus
Binomial name
Bathycongrus polyporus
Synonyms [2]
  • Rhechias polyporaSmith & Kanazawa, 1977

Bathycongrus polyporus is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). [3] It was described by David G. Smith and Robert H. Kanazawa in 1977, originally under the genus Rhechias . [4] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the Straits of Florida and the northern coast of Cuba, in the western central Atlantic Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 439–549 meters. Males can reach a maximum total length of 43 centimeters. [3]

The species epithet "polyporus" means "many pored" in Ancient Greek, and refers to the large quantity of pores in the eel's lateralis system. [3]

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References

  1. McCosker, J.; Smith, D.G.; Tighe, K. (2019). "Bathycongrus polyporus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019: e.T199409A2592406. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199409A2592406.en . Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  2. Synonyms of Bathycongrus polyporus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. 1 2 3 Bathycongrus polyporus at www.fishbase.org.
  4. Smith, D. G., and R. H. Kanazawa, 1977 [ref. 4036] Eight new species and a new genus of congrid eels from the western north Atlantic with redescriptions of Ariosoma analis, Hildebrandia guppyi, and Rhechias vicinalis. Bulletin of Marine Science v. 27 (no. 3): 530-543.