Blackedge conger
| Blackedge conger | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Congridae |
| Genus: | Bathycongrus |
| Species: | B. retrotinctus |
| Binomial name | |
| Bathycongrus retrotinctus (Jordan & Snyder, 1901) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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The Blackedge conger (Bathycongrus retrotinctus, also known as the Randall's conger[2]) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[3] It was described by David Starr Jordan and John Otterbein Snyder in 1901, originally under the genus Leptocephalus.[4] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from Japan to the Philippines, in the western Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 150-450 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 54 centimetres.[3]
References
- ↑ Synonyms of Bathycongrus retrotinctus at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Common names for Bathycongrus retrotinctus at www.fishbase.org.
- 1 2 Bathycongrus retrotinctus at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Jordan, D. S. and J. O. Snyder, 1901 (28 Aug.) [ref. 2508] A review of the apodal fishes or eels of Japan, with descriptions of nineteen new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 23 (no. 1239): 837-890.
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