Parabathymyrus fijiensis

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Parabathymyrus fijiensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae
Genus: Parabathymyrus
Species:
P. fijiensis
Binomial name
Parabathymyrus fijiensis
Karmovskaya, 2004

Parabathymyrus fijiensis is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). [1] It was described by Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya in 2004. [2] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from Fiji (from which its species epithet is derived), in the western Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 478–500 metres. Females can reach a total length of 36 centimetres. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Parabathymyrus fijiensis at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Karmovskaya, E. S., 2004 [ref. 28053] Benthopelagic bathyal conger eels of families Congridae and Nettastomatidae from the western tropical Pacific, with descriptions of ten new species. Journal of Ichthyology v. 44 (Suppl. 1): S1-S32.