Bullish conger

The Bullish conger[3] (Bathycongrus bullisi) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[4] It was described by David G. Smith and Robert H. Kanazawa in 1977, originally under the genus Rhechias.[5] 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 meters. Males can reach a maximum total length of 39.5 centimeters.[4]

Bullish conger
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae
Genus: Bathycongrus
Species:
B. bullisi
Binomial name
Bathycongrus bullisi
(D. G. Smith & Kanazawa, 1977)
Synonyms[2]
  • Rhechias bullisi Smith & Kanazawa, 1977

Etymology

The eel was named in honor of marine biologist Harvey R. Bullis, Jr. (1924-1992), of the National Marine Fisheries Service.[6]


References
  1. McCosker, J.; Smith, D.G.; Tighe, K. (2019). "Bathycongrus bullisi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T199208A2570103. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199208A2570103.en. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  2. Synonyms of Bathycongrus bullisi at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Common names for Bathycongrus bullisi at www.fishbase.org.
  4. Bathycongrus bullisi at www.fishbase.org.
  5. Smith, D. G. and R. H. Kanazawa, 1977 [ref. 4036] Eight new species and a new genus of congrid eels from the western north Atlantic with redescriptions of Ariosoma analis, Hildebrandia guppyi, and Rhechias vicinalis. Bulletin of Marine Science v. 27 (no. 3): 530-543.
  6. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order ANGUILLIFORMES: Families MURAENESOCIDAE, NETTASTOMATIDAE, CONGRIDAE, MORINGUIDAE, CYEMATIDAE, NEOCYEMATIDAE, MONOGNATHIDAE, SACCOPHARYNGIDAE, EURYPHARYNGIDAE, NEMICHTHYIDAE, SERRIVOMERIDAE and ANGUILLIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 23 February 2022.


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