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Shorthead conger
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. macrurus
Binomial name
Bathycongrus macrurus (Gilbert, 1891)
Synonyms
Ophisoma macrurum Gilbert, 1891

The shorthead conger (Bathycongrus macrurus) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by Charles Henry Gilbert in 1891, originally under the genus Ophisoma. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the Gulf of California to Panama, in the eastern central Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 265–590 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 25 centimetres.

References

1. McCosker, J.; Smith, D.G.; Tighe, K. (2019). "Bathycongrus macrurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T199374A2588697. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199374A2588697.en. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
2. Synonyms of Bathycongrus macrurus at www.fishbase.org.
3. Common names for Bathycongrus macrurus at www.fishbase.org.
4. ^ Bathycongrus macrurus at www.fishbase.org.
5. Gilbert, C. H., 1891 (8 Sept.) Descriptions of apodal fishes from the tropical Pacific. In: Scientific results of explorations by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross. Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 14 (no. 856): 347–352.

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