Bathycongrus thysanochilus

Bathycongrus thysanochilus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Congridae
Genus:	Bathycongrus
Species:	B. thysanochilus
Binomial name
Bathycongrus thysanochilus (Reid, 1934)
Synonyms[2]
Congrina thysanochila Reid, 1934 Rhechias thysanochila (Reid, 1934)

The Conger eel[3] (Bathycongrus thysanochilus) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[4] It was described by Earl Desmond Reid in 1934, originally under the genus Congrina.[5] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from Cuba and Venezuela, in the western central Atlantic Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 476–659 metres.

References

1. McCosker, J.; Smith, D.G.; Tighe, K. (2019). "Bathycongrus thysanochilus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T199306A2580761. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199306A2580761.en. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
2. Synonyms of Bathycongrus thysanochilus at www.fishbase.org.
3. Common names for Bathycongrus thysanochilus at www.fishbase.org.
4. Bathycongrus thysanochilus at www.fishbase.org.
5. Reid, E. D., 1934 [ref. 16454] Two new congrid eels and a new flatfish. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections v. 91 (no. 15): 1-11, Pl. 1.