Maputo conger

Maputo conger
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Congridae
Genus:	Bathymyrus
Species:	B. smithi
Binomial name
	Bathymyrus smithi; Castle, 1968

The Maputo conger^[2] (Bathymyrus smithi) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).^[3] It was described by Peter Henry John Castle in 1968.^[4] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which also inhabits brackish waters, and is known from the Limpopo River and the Indian Ocean. It is known to dwell at a depth range of 470–490 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 58 centimetres.^[3]

References

^ Tighe, K.; Smith, D.G.; McCosker, J. (2019). "Bathymyrus smithi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T199028A2551497. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199028A2551497.en. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
^ Common names for Bathymyrus smithi at www.fishbase.org.
^ ^a ^b Bathymyrus smithi at www.fishbase.org.
^ Castle, P. H. J., 1968 (11 May) [ref. 7876] Description and osteology of a new eel of the genus Bathymyrus from off Mozambique. Special Publication, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 4: 1–12.

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[1] Tighe, K.; Smith, D.G.; McCosker, J. (2019). "Bathymyrus smithi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T199028A2551497. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199028A2551497.en. Retrieved 6 January 2022.

[2] Common names for Bathymyrus smithi at www.fishbase.org.

[Fishbase-3] Bathymyrus smithi at www.fishbase.org.

[Castle,_1968-4] Castle, P. H. J., 1968 (11 May) [ref. 7876] Description and osteology of a new eel of the genus Bathymyrus from off Mozambique. Special Publication, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 4: 1–12.

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