Bathycongrus bertini

Bathycongrus bertini
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Congridae
Genus:	Bathycongrus
Species:	B. bertini
Binomial name
Bathycongrus bertini (Poll, 1953)
Synonyms[2]
Congermuraena bertini Poll, 1953 Rhechias bertini (Poll, 1953)

Bathycongrus bertini is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).^[3] It was described by Max Poll in 1953, originally under the genus Congermuraena.^[4] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from Mauritania to Angola, in the eastern Atlantic Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 200–400 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 39 centimetres.^[3]

References

1. Carpenter, K.E.; Smith-Vaniz, W.F.; de Bruyne, G.; de Morais, L. (2015). "Bathycongrus bertini". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T60469441A60787307. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T60469441A60787307.en. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
2. Synonyms of Bathycongrus bertini at www.fishbase.org.
3. Bathycongrus bertini at www.fishbase.org.
4. Poll, M., 1953 (30 Nov.) [ref. 12713] Poissons III. Téléostéens Malacoptérygiens. Résultats scientifique. Expédition océanographic belge dans les eaux côtières africaines de l'Atlantique sud (1948–1949). Bruxelles. v. 4 (no. 2): 1–258, Pls. 1–8.