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Bathycongrus polyporus
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. polyporus
Binomial name
Bathycongrus polyporus (D. G. Smith & Kanazawa, 1977)
Synonyms
Rhechias polypora Smith & Kanazawa, 1977

Bathycongrus polyporus is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by David G. Smith and Robert H. Kanazawa in 1977, originally under the genus Rhechias. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the Straits of Florida and the northern coast of Cuba, in the western central Atlantic Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 439–549 meters. Males can reach a maximum total length of 43 centimeters.

The species epithet "polyporus" means "many pored" in Ancient Greek, and refers to the large quantity of pores in the eel's lateralis system.

References

1. McCosker, J.; Smith, D.G.; Tighe, K. (2019). "Bathycongrus polyporus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T199409A2592406. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199409A2592406.en. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
2. Synonyms of Bathycongrus polyporus at www.fishbase.org.
3. ^ Bathycongrus polyporus at www.fishbase.org.
4. Smith, D. G., and R. H. Kanazawa, 1977 Eight new species and a new genus of congrid eels from the western north Atlantic with redescriptions of Ariosoma analis, Hildebrandia guppyi, and Rhechias vicinalis. Bulletin of Marine Science v. 27 (no. 3): 530-543.

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