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Toothy 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. odontostomus
Binomial name
Bathycongrus odontostomus (Fowler, 1934)
Synonyms
Uranoconger odontostomus Fowler, 1934

The Toothy conger (Bathycongrus odontostomus) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by Henry Weed Fowler in 1934, originally under the genus Uranoconger. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the western Indian and southwestern Pacific Ocean, including the Philippines and Indonesia. It is known to dwell at a depth of 886 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 4.3 centimetres.

References

1. McCosker, J.; Smith, D.G.; Tighe, K. (2019). "Bathycongrus odontostomus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T199244A2574045. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199244A2574045.en. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
2. Synonyms of Bathycongrus odontostomus at www.fishbase.org.
3. Common names for Bathycongrus odontostomus at www.fishbase.org.
4. ^ Bathycongrus odontostomus at www.fishbase.org.
5. Fowler, H. W., 1934 (20 Jan.) Descriptions of new fishes obtained 1907 to 1910, chiefly in the Philippine Islands and adjacent seas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 85 (for 1933): 233-367.

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