Small-gill large-toothed conger

Bathyuroconger parvibranchialis

A small gilled eel of the western Pacific

Regional distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
East Asia
Southeast Asia
Anguilliform

Bathyuroconger parvibranchialis is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by Henry Weed Fowler in 1934, originally under the genus Silvesterina. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the western central Pacific Ocean.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Congridae
Genus: Bathyuroconger
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Western Pacific: Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, and Indonesia.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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