Bathycongrus bertini

Bathycongrus bertini
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Congridae
Genus:	Bathycongrus
Species:	B. bertini
Binomial name
	Bathycongrus bertini; (Poll, 1953)
Synonyms[1]
	Congermuraena bertini Poll, 1953; Rhechias bertini (Poll, 1953);

Bathycongrus bertini is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[2] It was described by Max Poll in 1953, originally under the genus Congermuraena.[3] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from Mauritania to Angola, in the eastern Atlantic Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 200–400 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 39 centimetres.[2]

References

Synonyms of Bathycongrus bertini at www.fishbase.org.
Bathycongrus bertini at www.fishbase.org.
Poll, M., 1953 (30 Nov.) [ref. 12713] Poissons III. Téléostéens Malacoptérygiens. Résultats scientifique. Expédition océanographic belge dans les eaux côtières africaines de l'Atlantique sud (1948–1949). Bruxelles. v. 4 (no. 2): 1–258, Pls. 1–8.

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

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

[Poll,_1953-3] Poll, M., 1953 (30 Nov.) [ref. 12713] Poissons III. Téléostéens Malacoptérygiens. Résultats scientifique. Expédition océanographic belge dans les eaux côtières africaines de l'Atlantique sud (1948–1949). Bruxelles. v. 4 (no. 2): 1–258, Pls. 1–8.