Bathycongrus aequoreus

Bathycongrus aequoreus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Congridae
Genus:	Bathycongrus
Species:	B. aequoreus
Binomial name
	Bathycongrus aequoreus; (Gilbert & Cramer, 1897)
Synonyms[1]
	Congermuraena aequorea Gilbert & Cramer, 1897; Congermuraena aequoreus Gilbert & Cramer, 1897 (misspelling); Rhechias armiger Jordan, 1921;

Bathycongrus aequoreus is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[2] It was described by Charles Henry Gilbert and Frank Cramer in 1897, originally under the genus Congermuraena.[3] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from Hawaii, in the eastern central Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 300–686 metres, and leads a benthic lifestyle.[2]

References

Synonyms of Bathycongrus aequoreus at www.fishbase.org.
Bathycongrus aequoreus at www.fishbase.org.
Gilbert, C. H. and F. Cramer, 1897 (5 Feb.) [ref. 1635] See ref. at BHL Report on the fishes dredged in deep water near the Hawaiian Islands, with descriptions and figures of twenty-three new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 19 (no. 1114): 403-435, Pls. 36-48.

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[1] Synonyms of Bathycongrus aequoreus at www.fishbase.org.

[Fishbase-2] Bathycongrus aequoreus at www.fishbase.org.

[Gilbert_&_Cramer,_1897-3] Gilbert, C. H. and F. Cramer, 1897 (5 Feb.) [ref. 1635] See ref. at BHL Report on the fishes dredged in deep water near the Hawaiian Islands, with descriptions and figures of twenty-three new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 19 (no. 1114): 403-435, Pls. 36-48.