Dubious conger

Dubious conger
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Congridae
Genus:	Bathycongrus
Species:	B. dubius
Binomial name
	Bathycongrus dubius; (Breder, 1927)
Synonyms[1]
	Pseudoxenomystax dubius Breder, 1927;

The dubious conger[2] (Bathycongrus dubius) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[3] It was described by Charles Marcus Breder Jr. in 1927, originally under the genus Pseudoxenomystax.[4] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the western Atlantic Ocean, including the United States, the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, and the Guianas. It dwells at a depth range of 128–886 meters. Males can reach a maximum total length of 44.3 centimetres (1.45 ft) centimeters.[3]

References

Synonyms of Bathycongrus dubius at www.fishbase.org.
Common names for Bathycongrus dubius at www.fishbase.org.
Bathycongrus dubius at www.fishbase.org.
Breder, C. M., Jr., 1927 (19 Oct.) [ref. 635] Scientific results of the first oceanographic expedition of the "Pawnee" 1925. Fishes. Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection Yale University v. 1 (art. 1): 1-90.

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[1] Synonyms of Bathycongrus dubius at www.fishbase.org.

[2] Common names for Bathycongrus dubius at www.fishbase.org.

[Fishbase-3] Bathycongrus dubius at www.fishbase.org.

[Breder,_1927-4] Breder, C. M., Jr., 1927 (19 Oct.) [ref. 635] Scientific results of the first oceanographic expedition of the "Pawnee" 1925. Fishes. Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection Yale University v. 1 (art. 1): 1-90.