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: Bathymyrus
Species (3): B. echinorhynchus – B. simus – B. smithi
Name
Bathymyrus Alcock, 1889: 305.
Gender: masculine.
Type species: Bathymyrus echinorhynchus Alcock, 1889.
Fixation: type by monotypy.
References
Primary references
Alcock, A.W. 1889. Natural history notes from H. M. Indian marine survey steamer 'Investigator,' Commander Alfred Carpenter, R. N., D. S. O., commanding. No. 12. Descriptions of some new and rare species of fishes from the Bay of Bengal, obtained during the season of 1888-89. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 58(2): 296–305. BHL
Links
Bathymyrus Alcock, 1889 – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Bathymyrus and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
Bathymyrus species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Bathymyrus is a genus of eels in the family Congridae. It currently contains the following species:
Bathymyrus echinorhynchus Alcock, 1889
Bathymyrus simus J. L. B. Smith, 1965
Bathymyrus smithi Castle, 1968 (Maputo conger)
References
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Bathymyrus in FishBase. June 2011 version.
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