Shorthead conger

{{Short description|Species of fish}} {{Speciesbox | image = | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref>{{cite iucn |author=McCosker, J. |author2=Smith, D.G. |author3=Tighe, K. |date=2019 |title=''Bathycongrus macrurus'' |volume=2019 |article-number=e.T199374A2588697 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199374A2588697.en |access-date=6 January 2022}}</ref> | taxon = Bathycongrus macrurus | authority = (Gilbert, 1891) | synonyms_ref = <ref>[http://www.fishbase.org/Nomenclature/SynonymsList.php?ID=13615&SynCode=28930&GenusName=Bathycongrus&SpeciesName=macrurus Synonyms of ''Bathycongrus macrurus''] at www.fishbase.org.</ref> | synonyms = * ''Ophisoma macrurum'' <small>Gilbert, 1891</small> }} The '''shorthead conger'''<ref>[http://www.fishbase.org/comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=13615&GenusName=Bathycongrus&SpeciesName=macrurus&StockCode=13721 Common names for ''Bathycongrus macrurus''] at www.fishbase.org.</ref> (''Bathycongrus macrurus'') is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).<ref name="Fishbase">[http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Bathycongrus-macrurus.html ''Bathycongrus macrurus''] at www.fishbase.org.</ref> It was described by Charles Henry Gilbert in 1891, originally under the genus ''Ophisoma''.<ref name="Gilbert, 1891">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.</ref> 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.<ref name="Fishbase"/>

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Category:Bathycongrus Category:Marine fish of Nicaragua Category:Fish described in 1891 Category:Taxa named by Charles Henry Gilbert