Bathycongrus macrocercus
Bathycongrus macrocercus is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[2] It was described by Alfred William Alcock in 1894, originally under the genus Congromuraena.[3] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the Andaman Islands, in the eastern Indian Ocean.[2]
| Bathycongrus macrocercus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Congridae |
| Genus: | Bathycongrus |
| Species: | B. macrocercus |
| Binomial name | |
| Bathycongrus macrocercus (Alcock, 1894) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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References
- Synonyms of Bathycongrus macrocercus at www.fishbase.org.
- Bathycongrus macrocercus at www.fishbase.org.
- Alcock, A. W., 1894 [ref. 90] Natural history notes from H. M. Indian marine survey steamer `Investigator,'... Series II., No. 11. An account of a recent collection of bathybial fishes from the Bay of Bengal and from the Laccadive Sea. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 63 (pt 2): 115-137, Pls. 6-7.
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