Bathycongrus trilineatus
Appearance
Bathycongrus trilineatus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Congridae |
Genus: | Bathycongrus |
Species: | B. trilineatus
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Binomial name | |
Bathycongrus trilineatus (Castle, 1964)
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Synonyms[2] | |
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Bathycongrus trilineatus is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[3] It was described by Peter Henry John Castle in 1964, originally under the genus Leptocephalus.[4] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the western central Pacific Ocean. It is known to dwell at a depth of 50 metres.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ McCosker, J.; Smith, D.G.; Tighe, K. (2019). "Bathycongrus trilineatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T199318A2582179. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199318A2582179.en. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
- ^ Synonyms of Bathycongrus trilineatus at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Bathycongrus trilineatus at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Castle, P. H. J., 1964 (16 Mar.) [ref. 1611] Congrid leptocephali in Australasian waters with descriptions of Conger wilsoni (Bl. and Schn.) and C. verreauxi Kaup. Zoological Publications from Victoria University of Wellington No. 37: 1-45.