Bathycongrus Explained

Bathycongrus is a genus of eels in the family Congridae.

Species

There are currently 22 recognized species in this genus:

• Bathycongrus aequoreus (C. H. Gilbert & Cramer, 1897)
• Bathycongrus bertini (Poll, 1953)
• Bathycongrus bleekeri Fowler, 1934
• Bathycongrus bullisi (D. G. Smith & Kanazawa, 1977) (Bullish Conger)
• Bathycongrus dubius (Breder, 1927) (dubious conger)
• Bathycongrus guttulatus (Günther, 1887) (Lined conger)
• Bathycongrus longicavis Karmovskaya, 2009
• Bathycongrus macrocercus (Alcock, 1894)
• Bathycongrus macrurus (C. H. Gilbert, 1891) (Shorthead conger)
• Bathycongrus nasicus (Alcock, 1894)
• Bathycongrus odontostomus (Fowler, 1934) (Toothy conger)
• Bathycongrus parapolyporus Karmovskaya, 2009
• Bathycongrus parviporus Karmovskaya, 2011^[1]
• Bathycongrus polyporus (D. G. Smith & Kanazawa, 1977)
• Bathycongrus retrotinctus (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901) (blackedge conger) (formerly known as Bathycongrus randalli)
• Bathycongrus thysanochilus (Reid, 1934) (Conger eel)
• Bathycongrus trilineatus (Castle, 1964)
• Bathycongrus trimaculatus Karmovskaya & D. G. Smith, 2008
• Bathycongrus unimaculatus Karmovskaya, 2009
• Bathycongrus varidens (Garman, 1899) (Largehead conger)
• Bathycongrus vicinalis (Garman, 1899) (Neighbor conger)
• Bathycongrus wallacei (Castle, 1968) (Longnose conger)

Former Species

Species formerly categorized as Bathycongrus, that are now listed under a different genus

• Bathycongrus mystax - now known as Gnathophis mystax (thinlip conger)

Notes and References

1. Karmovskaya, E.S. (2011): New Species of the Genus Bathycongrus—B. parviporus (Congridae, Anguilliformes)—from Waters of Central Vietnam (Nha Trang and Van Phong Bays). Journal of Ichthyology, 51 (6): 417–425.