Congridae

Hairy conger

Bassanago hirsutus

Eel beneath Southwest Pacific

• Temperate
• Southern Hemisphere
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Pacific Ocean
• Anguilliform
• Large
• Temperate fish

The deepsea conger (Bassanago hirsutus), also known as the hairy conger, is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by Peter Henry John Castle in 1960, originally under the genus Pseudoxenomystax. It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling eel which is known from the southwestern Pacific Ocean.