Bathycongrus macrocercus

Bathycongrus macrocercus

Regional distribution
Marine fish
Indian Ocean
Anguilliform

Bathycongrus macrocercus is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by Alfred William Alcock in 1894, originally under the genus Congromuraena. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the Andaman Islands, in the eastern Indian Ocean.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Congridae
Genus: Bathycongrus
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean: Andaman Islands.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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