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Bathycongrus macrocercus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Congridae
Genus:	Bathycongrus
Species:	B. macrocercus
Binomial name
Bathycongrus macrocercus (Alcock, 1894)
Synonyms
Congromuraena macrocercus Alcock, 1894

Bathycongrus macrocercus is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by Alfred William Alcock in 1894, originally under the genus Congromuraena. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the Andaman Islands, in the eastern Indian Ocean.

References

1. McCosker, J.; Smith, D.G.; Tighe, K. (2019). "Bathycongrus macrocercus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T199296A2579793. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199296A2579793.en. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
2. Synonyms of Bathycongrus macrocercus at www.fishbase.org.
3. ^ Bathycongrus macrocercus at www.fishbase.org.
4. Alcock, A. W., 1894 Natural history notes from H. M. Indian marine survey steamer `Investigator,'... Series II., No. 11. An account of a recent collection of bathybial fishes from the Bay of Bengal and from the Laccadive Sea. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 63 (pt 2): 115-137, Pls. 6-7.

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