Bathyuroconger parvibranchialis

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Bathyuroconger parvibranchialis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae
Genus: Bathyuroconger
Species:
B. parvibranchialis
Binomial name
Bathyuroconger parvibranchialis
(Fowler, 1934)
Synonyms [2]
  • Silvesterina parvibranchialisFowler, 1934

Bathyuroconger parvibranchialis is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). [3] It was described by Henry Weed Fowler in 1934, originally under the genus Silvesterina . [4] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the western central Pacific Ocean. It is known to dwell at a depth of 1023 metres. [3]

References

  1. McCosker, J.; Smith, D.G.; Tighe, K. (2019). "Bathyuroconger parvibranchialis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 e.T199016A2550183. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199016A2550183.en . Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  2. Synonyms of Bathyuroconger parvibranchialis at www.fishbase.org.
  3. 1 2 Bathyuroconger parvibranchialis 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.