Blackedge conger

The Blackedge conger (Bathycongrus retrotinctus, also known as the Randall's conger[2]) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[3] It was described by David Starr Jordan and John Otterbein Snyder in 1901, originally under the genus Leptocephalus.[4] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from Japan to the Philippines, in the western Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 150–450 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 54 centimetres.[3]

Blackedge conger
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae
Genus: Bathycongrus
Species:
B. retrotinctus
Binomial name
Bathycongrus retrotinctus
(Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
Synonyms[1]
  • Leptocephalus retrotinctus Jordan & Snyder, 1901
  • Rhechias retrotincta (Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
  • Bathycongrus randalli Ben-Tuvia, 1993

References
  1. Synonyms of Bathycongrus retrotinctus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Common names for Bathycongrus retrotinctus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Bathycongrus retrotinctus at www.fishbase.org.
  4. Jordan, D. S. and J. O. Snyder, 1901 (28 Aug.) [ref. 2508] A review of the apodal fishes or eels of Japan, with descriptions of nineteen new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 23 (no. 1239): 837-890.


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