Blackedge conger
Species of fish
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The Blackedge conger (Bathycongrus retrotinctus, also known as the Randall's conger[3]) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[4] It was described by David Starr Jordan and John Otterbein Snyder in 1901, originally under the genus Leptocephalus.[5] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from Japan to the Philippines, in the western Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 150–450 metres (490–1,480 ft). Males can reach a maximum total length of 54 centimetres (1 ft 9 in).[4]
| Blackedge conger | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Congridae |
| Genus: | Bathycongrus |
| Species: | B. retrotinctus |
| Binomial name | |
| Bathycongrus retrotinctus | |
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