Conger eel

Bathycongrus thysanochilus

Black
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Central America and the Caribbean
South America
Anguilliform

The Conger eel (Bathycongrus thysanochilus) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by Earl Desmond Reid in 1934, originally under the genus Congrina. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from Cuba and Venezuela, in the western central Atlantic Ocean.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Congridae
Genus: Bathycongrus
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Western Central Atlantic: Cuba and Venezuela.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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