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Bathycongrus longicavis
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Congridae
Genus:	Bathycongrus
Species:	B. longicavis
Binomial name
Bathycongrus longicavis Karmovskaya, 2009

Bathycongrus longicavis is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya in 2009. It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the Pacific Ocean, including Vanuatu and the New Hebrides Trench. It dwells at a depth range of 532–599 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 38.6 centimetres.

The species epithet refers to the long cavity on the abdomen of the species.

References

1. McCosker, J.; Smith, D.G.; Tighe, K. (2019). "Bathycongrus longicavis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T103684251A103687386. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T103684251A103687386.en. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
2. ^ Bathycongrus longicavis at www.fishbase.org.
3. Karmovskaya, E. S., 2009 New records of congrid eels of the genus Bathycongrus (Congridae) in the west-central tropical Pacific Ocean, with a description of three new species. Journal of Ichthyology v. 49 (no. 2): 139–153.

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