Congridae

Bathymyrus echinorhynchus

Bathymyrus echinorhynchus

A prickly snouted eel of the Arabian Sea

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Indian Ocean
• Anguilliform
• Medium
• Tropical fish

Bathymyrus echinorhynchus is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by Alfred William Alcock in 1889. It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the Arabian Sea, in the northern and western Indian Ocean.