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Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae Conger and garden eels
Subfamily: Congrinae
Genus: Bathycongrus

(See list of species below)



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22 species (see list below)

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Eastern Central Pacific

Bathycongrus aequoreus (Gilbert & Cramer, 1897)

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Bathycongrus aequoreus
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No picture found
Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 39 cm TL

 
Bathycongrus bertini
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No picture found
Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 8 cm TL

 
Bathycongrus bleekeri
[]

Photo by JAMARC

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 39.5 cm TL
Bathycongrus bullisi (Smith & Kanazawa, 1977)

Photo by JAMARC
 
Bathycongrus bullisi
[Bullish conger]
No picture found
Western Atlantic
Max. Length 44.3 cm TL

 
Bathycongrus dubius
[Dubious conger]
No picture found
Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 41.7 cm TL

 
Bathycongrus guttulatus
[Lined conger]
No picture found
Pacific Ocean
Max. Length 38.6 cm TL

 
Bathycongrus longicavis
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No picture found
Eastern Indian Ocean

 
Bathycongrus macrocercus
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Photo by FAO

Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 25 cm TL
Bathycongrus macrurus (Gilbert, 1891)

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Bathycongrus macrurus
[Shorthead conger]
No picture found
Indian Ocean

 
Bathycongrus nasicus
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No picture found
Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 4.3 cm TL

 
Bathycongrus odontostomus
[Toothy conger]
No picture found
Pacific Ocean, Western Ce
Max. Length 34.8 cm TL

 
Bathycongrus parapolyporus
[]
No picture found
South China Sea, Central

 
Bathycongrus parviporus
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No picture found
Western Central Atlantic
Max. Length 43 cm TL

 
Bathycongrus polyporus
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No picture found
Western Pacific
Max. Length 54 cm TL

 
Bathycongrus retrotinctus
[Blackedge conger]
No picture found
Western Central Atlantic

 
Bathycongrus thysanochilus
[Conger eel]
No picture found
Western Central Pacific

 
Bathycongrus trilineatus
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No picture found
Southwestern Pacific Ocea
Max. Length 16.1 cm TL

 
Bathycongrus trimaculatus
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No picture found
New Caledonia, southern L
Max. Length 28.3 cm TL

 
Bathycongrus unimaculatus
[]

Photo by FAO

Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 100 cm TL
Bathycongrus varidens (Garman, 1899)

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Bathycongrus varidens
[Largehead conger]
No picture found
Western Central Atlantic
Max. Length 46.2 cm TL

 
Bathycongrus vicinalis
[Neighbor conger]

Photo by MNHN

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 55 cm TL
Bathycongrus wallacei (Castle, 1968)

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Bathycongrus wallacei
[Longnose conger]
22 Species of Family Congridae with Genus Bathycongrus
(Conger and garden eels)
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Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
1897 Bathycongrus aequoreus Eastern Central Pacific
1953 Bathycongrus bertini Eastern Atlantic 39 TL
1934 Bathycongrus bleekeri Western Central Pacific 8 TL
1977 Bathycongrus bullisi Bullish conger Western Atlantic 39.5 TL
1927 Bathycongrus dubius Dubious conger Western Atlantic 44.3 TL
1887 Bathycongrus guttulatus Lined conger Indo-Pacific 41.7 TL
2009 Bathycongrus longicavis Pacific Ocean 38.6 TL
1894 Bathycongrus macrocercus Eastern Indian Ocean
1891 Bathycongrus macrurus Shorthead conger Eastern Central Pacific 25 TL
1894 Bathycongrus nasicus Indian Ocean
1934 Bathycongrus odontostomus Toothy conger Indo-West Pacific 4.3 TL
2009 Bathycongrus parapolyporus Pacific Ocean, Western Ce 34.8 TL
2011 Bathycongrus parviporus South China Sea, Central
1977 Bathycongrus polyporus Western Central Atlantic 43 TL
1901 Bathycongrus retrotinctus Blackedge conger Western Pacific 54 TL
1934 Bathycongrus thysanochilus Conger eel Western Central Atlantic
1964 Bathycongrus trilineatus Western Central Pacific
2008 Bathycongrus trimaculatus Southwestern Pacific Ocea 16.1 TL
2009 Bathycongrus unimaculatus New Caledonia, southern L 28.3 TL
1899 Bathycongrus varidens Largehead conger Eastern Pacific 100 TL
1899 Bathycongrus vicinalis Neighbor conger Western Central Atlantic 46.2 TL
1968 Bathycongrus wallacei Longnose conger Indo-West Pacific 55 TL



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