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.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Congridae
Genus: Bassanago
Maximum length: 100 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Southwest Pacific.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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