Bathycongrus retrotinctus (Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
Blackedge conger
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 Family:  Congridae (Conger and garden eels), subfamily: Congrinae
 Max. size:  54 cm TL (male/unsexed)
 Environment:  bathydemersal; depth range 150 - 450 m
 Distribution:  Western Pacific: Japan to the Philippines.
 Diagnosis:  Body moderately elongate. Tail slender, attenuate at tip. Snout bluntly pointed, protruding beyond tip of lower jaw. Preserve specimen, head and body pale brown dorsally, much paler on belly. Caudal fin black, pectoral fin pale (Ref. 37528). Dorsal-fin origin slightly behind anteriormost insertion of pectoral fin to above middle of appressed fin. Preanal lateral line pores 29-32 (Ref. 36324).
 Biology: 
 IUCN Red List Status: Data deficient  (Ref. 96402)
 Threat to humans:  harmless
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 Entered by: Garilao, Cristina V. - 21.05.96
 Modified by: Garilao, Cristina V. - 19.08.08

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