Longnose conger
Species of fish
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The Longnose conger[3] (Bathycongrus wallacei) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[4] It was described by Peter Henry John Castle in 1968, originally under the genus Congrina.[5] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the Indo-Western Pacific, including Mozambique, Natal, South Africa, Japan, the Philippines, and Indonesia. It dwells at a depth range of 250–500 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 55 centimetres.[4]
| Longnose conger | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Congridae |
| Genus: | Bathycongrus |
| Species: | B. wallacei |
| Binomial name | |
| Bathycongrus wallacei (Castle, 1968) | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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