Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Order Anguilliformes Genus Bathycongrus | |
The Bullish conger (Bathycongrus bullisi) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by David G. Smith and Robert H. Kanazawa in 1977, originally under the genus Rhechias. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the Gulf of Mexico to the Amazon, in the western Atlantic Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 366-475 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 39.5 centimetres.
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