Bathymyrinae

Bathymyrinae
Ariosoma balearicum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Congridae
Subfamily:	Bathymyrinae J. E. Böhlke, 1949[1]
Subfamilies
Genera
Synonyms[1]
Helmichthyoidei Bleeker, 1856 Anagoinae Asano, 1962

Bathymyrinae is a subfamily of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Congridae, which includes the conger and garden eels. The eels of this subfamily are most diverse in the Indo-Pacific region but are also found in both the Eastern and Western Atlantic Oceans.

Genera

Bathymyrinae has the following genera classified within it:[2]

• Ariosoma Swainson, 1838
• Bathymyrus Alcock, 1889
• Chiloconger Myers & Wade, 1941
• Kenyaconger D. G. Smith & Karmovskaya, 2003
• Parabathymyrus Kamohara, 1938
• Paraconger Kanazawa, 1961
• Rostroconger D. G. Smith, 2015
• †Paracongroides Blot, 1978 (Eocene of Italy)[3]
• †Pavelichthys Bannikov & Fedotov, 1984[4] (lower Oligocene of Northern Caucasus)

References

1. Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 1–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.
2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Congridae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
3. "Paracongroides". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
4. Prokofiev, A.M. (2007). "A redescription and relationships of the congrid eel Pavelichthys daniltshenkoi (Anguilliformes: Congridae) from the lower Oligocene of Northern Caucasus". Journal of Ichthyology. 47: 335–340. doi:10.1134/S0032945207050013.