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Bathycongrus polyporus
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Congridae
Genus:	Bathycongrus
Species:	B. polyporus
Binomial name
	Bathycongrus polyporus; (D. G. Smith & Kanazawa, 1977)
Synonyms
	Rhechias polypora Smith & Kanazawa, 1977;

Bathycongrus polyporus is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).^[3] It was described by David G. Smith and Robert H. Kanazawa in 1977, originally under the genus Rhechias.^[4] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the Straits of Florida and the northern coast of Cuba, in the western central Atlantic Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 439–549 meters. Males can reach a maximum total length of 43 centimeters.^[3]

The species epithet "polyporus" means "many pored" in Ancient Greek, and refers to the large quantity of pores in the eel's lateralis system.^[3]

References

^ McCosker, J.; Smith, D.G.; Tighe, K. (2019). "Bathycongrus polyporus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T199409A2592406. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199409A2592406.en. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
^ Synonyms of Bathycongrus polyporus at www.fishbase.org.
^ ^a ^b ^c Bathycongrus polyporus at www.fishbase.org.
^ Smith, D. G., and R. H. Kanazawa, 1977 [ref. 4036] Eight new species and a new genus of congrid eels from the western north Atlantic with redescriptions of Ariosoma analis, Hildebrandia guppyi, and Rhechias vicinalis. Bulletin of Marine Science v. 27 (no. 3): 530-543.