Bathycongrus thysanochilus explained

The Conger eel^[1] (Bathycongrus thysanochilus) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).^[2] It was described by Earl Desmond Reid in 1934, originally under the genus Congrina.^[3] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from Cuba and Venezuela, in the western central Atlantic Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 476–659 metres.

Notes and References

1. http://www.fishbase.org/comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=47573&GenusName=Bathycongrus&SpeciesName=thysanochilus&StockCode=39987 Common names for Bathycongrus thysanochilus
2. http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Bathycongrus-thysanochilus.html Bathycongrus thysanochilus
3. Reid, E. D., 1934 [ref. 16454] Two new congrid eels and a new flatfish. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections v. 91 (no. 15): 1-11, Pl. 1.