Bathymyrinae Explained

Bathymyrinae is a subfamily of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Congridae, which includes the conger and garden eels. The eels of this subfamily are most diverse in the Indo-Pacific region but are also found in both the Eastern and Western Atlantic Oceans.

Genera

Bathymyrinae has the following genera classified within it:

• Ariosoma Swainson, 1838
• Bathymyrus Alcock, 1889
• Chiloconger Myers & Wade, 1941
• Kenyaconger D. G. Smith & Karmovskaya, 2003
• Parabathymyrus Kamohara, 1938
• Paraconger Kanazawa, 1961
• Rostroconger D. G. Smith, 2015
• Paracongroides Blot, 1978 (Eocene of Italy)^[1]
• Pavelichthys Bannikov & Fedotov, 1984^[2] (lower Oligocene of Northern Caucasus)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Paracongroides . 15 November 2024 . Paleobiology Database.
2. Prokofiev, A.M. . A redescription and relationships of the congrid eel Pavelichthys daniltshenkoi (Anguilliformes: Congridae) from the lower Oligocene of Northern Caucasus . Journal of Ichthyology . 47 . 335–340 . 2007 . 10.1134/S0032945207050013.