Bathycongrus

Bathycongrus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Division:	Teleostei
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Congridae
Subfamily:	Congrinae
Genus:	Bathycongrus; J. D. Ogilby, 1898
Type species
	Congromuraena nasica; Alcock, 1894
Species
	See text.
Synonyms
	Congrina D. S. Jordan & C. L. Hubbs, 1925 ; Microcephalocongrus ( Fowler, 1934 ; Pseudoxenomystax Breder, 1927 ; Rhechias D. S. Jordan, 1921 ; Uranoconger Fowler, 1934 ;

Bathycongrus is a genus of eels in the family Congridae.

Species

There are currently 30 recognized species in this genus:^[2]

Bathycongrus aequoreus (C. H. Gilbert & Cramer, 1897)
Bathycongrus albimarginatus Huang, Smith, Chang & Chen, 2018
Bathycongrus bertini (Poll, 1953)
Bathycongrus bimaculatus Smith & Ho, 2018
Bathycongrus bleekeri Fowler, 1934
Bathycongrus brunneus Huang, Ho & Chen, 2018
Bathycongrus bullisi (D. G. Smith & Kanazawa, 1977) (bullish conger)
Bathycongrus castlei Smith & Ho, 2018
Bathycongrus dubius (Breder, 1927) (dubious conger)
Bathycongrus graciliceps Smith & Ho, 2018
Bathycongrus guttulatus (Günther, 1887) (Lined conger)
Bathycongrus longicavis Karmovskaya, 2009
Bathycongrus macrocercus (Alcock, 1894)
Bathycongrus macroporis (Kotthaus, 1968)
Bathycongrus macrurus (C. H. Gilbert, 1891) (Shorthead conger)
Bathycongrus melanostomus Huang, Ho, Chen & Chan, 2022
Bathycongrus nasicus (Alcock, 1894)
Bathycongrus odontostomus (Fowler, 1934) (Toothy conger)
Bathycongrus parapolyporus Karmovskaya, 2009
Bathycongrus parviporus Karmovskaya, 2011^[3]
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 villosus Smith, Karmovskaya & da Silva, 2020
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)

References

1 2 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Congridae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Bathycongrus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
↑ 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. Bibcode:2011JIch...51..417K. doi:10.1134/S0032945211040060.

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[CofF-1] 1 2 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Congridae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 15 November 2024.

[2] Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Bathycongrus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 22 May 2025.

[3] 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. Bibcode:2011JIch...51..417K. doi:10.1134/S0032945211040060.

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