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Bathycongrus bleekeri

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Species of fish

Bathycongrus bleekeri
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae
Genus: Bathycongrus
Species: B. bleekeri
Binomial name
Bathycongrus bleekeri
Fowler, 1934
Synonyms
  • Ariosoma bleekeri (Fowler, 1934)

Bathycongrus bleekeri is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by Henry Weed Fowler in 1934. It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the Philippines, in the western central Pacific Ocean. It is known to dwell at a depth of 51 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 8 centimetres.

References

  1. McCosker, J.; Smith, D.G.; Tighe, K. (2019). "Bathycongrus bleekeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T199268A2576696. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199268A2576696.en. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  2. Synonyms of Bathycongrus bleekeri at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ Bathycongrus bleekeri at www.fishbase.org.
  4. Fowler, H. W., 1934 (20 Jan.) Descriptions of new fishes obtained 1907 to 1910, chiefly in the Philippine Islands and adjacent seas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 85 (for 1933): 233-367.
Taxon identifiers
Bathycongrus bleekeri
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