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Congridae
Bathycongrus polyporus
Bathycongrus polyporus
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Central America and the Caribbean
- Anguilliform
- Medium
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Anguilliform
MediumBathycongrus polyporus is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by David G. Smith and Robert H. Kanazawa in 1977, originally under the genus Rhechias. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the Straits of Florida and the northern coast of Cuba, in the western central Atlantic Ocean.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- True Eels
- Family
- Congridae
- Genus
- Bathycongrus
- Maximum length
- 43 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- anguilliform
- Distribution
- Western Central Atlantic: Straits of Florida and north coast of Cuba.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Water
Conservation status
