Deepsea conger

Bathycongrus aequoreus

Eel of the Hawaiian Islands

Regional distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
Anguilliform
Large

Bathycongrus aequoreus is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by Charles Henry Gilbert and Frank Cramer in 1897, originally under the genus Congermuraena. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from Hawaii, in the eastern central Pacific Ocean.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Congridae
Genus: Bathycongrus
Maximum length: 51.7 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Eastern Central Pacific: Hawaii and possibly further south and east.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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