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Flapnose conger
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Congridae
Genus:	Parabathymyrus
Species:	P. oregoni
Binomial name
Parabathymyrus oregoni D. G. Smith & Kanazawa, 1977

The flapnose conger (Parabathymyrus oregoni) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by David G. Smith and Robert H. Kanazawa in 1977. It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from French Guiana, in the western central Atlantic Ocean. It is known to dwell at a depth of 210 metres.

References

1. McCosker, J.; Smith, D.G.; Tighe, K. (2019). "Parabathymyrus oregoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T199285A2578586. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199285A2578586.en. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
2. Common names for Parabathymyrus oregoni at www.fishbase.org.
3. Parabathymyrus oregoni 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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