The shorthead conger[3] (Bathycongrus macrurus) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[4] It was described by Charles Henry Gilbert in 1891, originally under the genus Ophisoma.[5] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the Gulf of California to Panama, in the eastern central Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 265–590 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 25 centimetres.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Congridae |
| Genus: | Bathycongrus |
| Species: | B. macrurus
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| Binomial name | |
| Bathycongrus macrurus (Gilbert, 1891)
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References
edit- ^ McCosker, J.; Smith, D.G.; Tighe, K. (2019). "Bathycongrus macrurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T199374A2588697. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199374A2588697.en. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
- ^ Synonyms of Bathycongrus macrurus at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Common names for Bathycongrus macrurus at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Bathycongrus macrurus at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Gilbert, C. H., 1891 (8 Sept.) [ref. 1625] Descriptions of apodal fishes from the tropical Pacific. In: Scientific results of explorations by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross. Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 14 (no. 856): 347–352.
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