Bathycongrus thysanochilus
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| Bathycongrus thysanochilus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Congridae |
| Genus: | Bathycongrus |
| Species: | B. thysanochilus |
| Binomial name | |
| Bathycongrus thysanochilus (Reid, 1934) | |
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The Conger eel[3] (Bathycongrus thysanochilus) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[4] It was described by Earl Desmond Reid in 1934, originally under the genus Congrina.[5] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from Cuba and Venezuela, in the western central Atlantic Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 476–659 metres.
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