Bathycongrus trilineatus

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Bathycongrus trilineatus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae
Genus: Bathycongrus
Species:
B. trilineatus
Binomial name
Bathycongrus trilineatus
(Castle, 1964)
Synonyms [2]
  • Leptocephalus trilineatusCastle, 1964
  • Bathyuroconger trilineatus(Castle, 1964)

Bathycongrus trilineatus is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). [3] It was described by Peter Henry John Castle in 1964, originally under the genus Leptocephalus . [4] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the western central Pacific Ocean. It is known to dwell at a depth of 50 metres. [3]

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References

  1. McCosker, J.; Smith, D.G.; Tighe, K. (2019). "Bathycongrus trilineatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019: e.T199318A2582179. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199318A2582179.en . Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  2. Synonyms of Bathycongrus trilineatus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. 1 2 Bathycongrus trilineatus at www.fishbase.org.
  4. Castle, P. H. J., 1964 (16 Mar.) [ref. 1611] Congrid leptocephali in Australasian waters with descriptions of Conger wilsoni (Bl. and Schn.) and C. verreauxi Kaup. Zoological Publications from Victoria University of Wellington No. 37: 1-45.