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Bathymyrus echinorhynchus

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Bathymyrus echinorhynchus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae
Genus: Bathymyrus
Species:
B. echinorhynchus
Binomial name
Bathymyrus echinorhynchus
Alcock, 1889

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]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b Bathymyrus echinorhynchus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ 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.