Congridae

Maputo conger

Bathymyrus smithi

A conger of the Limpopo estuary

• Regional distribution
• Indian Ocean
• Anguilliform
• Large

The Maputo conger (Bathymyrus smithi) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by Peter Henry John Castle in 1968. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which also inhabits brackish waters, and is known from the Limpopo River and the Indian Ocean.