Bathymyrus echinorhynchus is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[2] It was described by Alfred William Alcock in 1889.[3] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the Arabian Sea, in the northern and western Indian Ocean.[2]
Bathymyrus echinorhynchus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Congridae |
Genus: | Bathymyrus |
Species: | B. echinorhynchus
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Binomial name | |
Bathymyrus echinorhynchus Alcock, 1889
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References
edit- ^ Tighe, K.; Smith, D.G.; McCosker, J. (2019). "Bathymyrus echinorhynchus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T199099A2558953. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199099A2558953.en. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
- ^ a b Bathymyrus echinorhynchus at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Alcock, A. W., 1889 [ref. 84] Natural history notes from H. M.'s Indian marine survey steamer `Investigator,' ... .--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 v. 58 (pt 2, no. 3): 296-305, Pl. 22.