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Bathycongrus thysanochilus
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. thysanochilus
Binomial name
Bathycongrus thysanochilus (Reid, 1934)
Synonyms
Congrina thysanochila Reid, 1934 Rhechias thysanochila (Reid, 1934)

The Conger eel (Bathycongrus thysanochilus) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by Earl Desmond Reid in 1934, originally under the genus Congrina. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from Cuba and Venezuela, in the western central Atlantic Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 476–659 metres.

References

1. McCosker, J.; Smith, D.G.; Tighe, K. (2019). "Bathycongrus thysanochilus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T199306A2580761. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199306A2580761.en. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
2. Synonyms of Bathycongrus thysanochilus at www.fishbase.org.
3. Common names for Bathycongrus thysanochilus at www.fishbase.org.
4. Bathycongrus thysanochilus at www.fishbase.org.
5. Reid, E. D., 1934 Two new congrid eels and a new flatfish. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections v. 91 (no. 15): 1-11, Pl. 1.

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