Bathymyrus echinorhynchus

Bathymyrus echinorhynchus

A prickly snouted eel of the Arabian Sea

Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Indian Ocean
Anguilliform
Medium
Tropical fish

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

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Congridae
Genus: Bathymyrus
Maximum length: 27 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: North-Western Indian Ocean: Arabian Sea.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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