Bathycongrus polyporus
Bathycongrus polyporus is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[2] It was described by David G. Smith and Robert H. Kanazawa in 1977, originally under the genus Rhechias.[3] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the Straits of Florida and the northern coast of Cuba, in the western central Atlantic Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 439–549 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 43 centimetres.[2]
| Bathycongrus polyporus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Congridae |
| Genus: | Bathycongrus |
| Species: | B. polyporus |
| Binomial name | |
| Bathycongrus polyporus (Smith & Kanazawa, 1977) | |
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The species epithet "polyporus" means "many pored" in Ancient Greek, and refers to the large quantity of pores in the eel's lateralis system.[2]
References
- Synonyms of Bathycongrus polyporus at www.fishbase.org.
- Bathycongrus polyporus at www.fishbase.org.
- Smith, D. G., and R. H. Kanazawa, 1977 [ref. 4036] 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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