Bathycongrus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Elopocephalai
Supercohors: Elopocephala
Cohors/Superordo: Elopomorpha
Ordo: Anguilliformes
Subordo: Congroidei

Familia: Congridae
Genus: Bathycongrus
Species: B. aequoreus – B. albimarginatus – B. bertini – B. bimaculatus – B. bleekeri – B. brunneus – B. bullisi – B. castlei – B. dubius – B. graciliceps – B. guttulatus – B. longicavis – B. macrocercus – B. macrurus – B. melanostomus – B. nasicus – B. odontostomus – B. parapolyporus – B. parviporus – B. polyporus – B. retrotinctus – B. thysanochilus – B. trilineatus – B. trimaculatus – B. unimaculatus – B. varidens – B. vicinalis – B. villosus – B. wallacei
Name

Bathycongrus Ogilby, 1898: 292

Type species: Congromuraena nasica ♂ Alcock, 1894. Type by original designation.
Synonyms

Congrina Jordan & Hubbs, 1925: 192, 196
Microcephalocongrus (subgenus of Bathycongrus) Fowler, 1934: 270
Pseudoxenomystax Breder, 1927: 6
Rhechias Jordan, 1921: 644
Uranoconger Fowler, 1934: 274

References

Huang, J.F., Ho, H.C., Chang, Y.H., Smith, D.G. & Chen, H.M. 2018.Two new species of the conger eel genus Bathycongrus (Anguilliformes: Congridae) from Taiwan. Pp 107–117 In Ho, H-C., Holleman, W., Hilton, E.J., Smith, D.G. & McCosker, J.E. (eds.), Systematics and biodiversity of eels (orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes) of Taiwan (II). Zootaxa, 4454(1): 1–237. Reference page. Zootaxa 4454(1): 107–117. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4454.1.11 Open access PDF Reference page.
Ogilby, J.D. 1898: New genera and species of fishes. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 23(pt. 3): 280–299.
Motomura, H. , Y. Sakurai, H. Senou & H.-C. Ho 2009: Morphological comparisons of the Indo-Pacific scorpionfish, Parascorpaena aurita with a closely related species, P. picta, with first records of P. aurata from East Asia (Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae). Zootaxa, 2191: 41–57.
Smith, D.G. & Ho, H-C. 2018. The congrid eel genus Bathycongrus of Taiwan, with descriptions of three new species (Anguilliformes: Congridae). Pp 118–146 In Ho, H-C., Holleman, W., Hilton, E.J., Smith, D.G. & McCosker, J.E. (eds.), Systematics and biodiversity of eels (orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes) of Taiwan (II). Zootaxa, 4454(1): 1–237. Reference page. Zootaxa 4454(1): 118–146. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4454.1.12 Open access PDF Reference page.

Vernacular names
English: Conger Eels

Bathycongrus is a genus of eels in the family Congridae.
Species

There are currently 22 recognized species in this genus:[1]

Bathycongrus aequoreus (C. H. Gilbert & Cramer, 1897)
Bathycongrus bertini (Poll, 1953)
Bathycongrus bleekeri Fowler, 1934
Bathycongrus bullisi (D. G. Smith & Kanazawa, 1977) (Bullish Conger)
Bathycongrus dubius (Breder, 1927) (dubious conger)
Bathycongrus guttulatus (Günther, 1887) (Lined conger)
Bathycongrus longicavis Karmovskaya, 2009
Bathycongrus macrocercus (Alcock, 1894)
Bathycongrus macrurus (C. H. Gilbert, 1891) (Shorthead conger)
Bathycongrus nasicus (Alcock, 1894)
Bathycongrus odontostomus (Fowler, 1934) (Toothy conger)
Bathycongrus parapolyporus Karmovskaya, 2009
Bathycongrus parviporus Karmovskaya, 2011[2]
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 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

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Bathycongrus in FishBase. December 2012 version.
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.