Bathymyrus echinorhynchus

Bathymyrus echinorhynchus is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[1] It was described by Alfred William Alcock in 1889.[2] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the Arabian Sea, in the northern and western Indian Ocean.[1]

Bathymyrus echinorhynchus
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B. echinorhynchus
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Bathymyrus echinorhynchus
Alcock, 1889

References

  1. Bathymyrus echinorhynchus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. 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.


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