Bathycongrus Ogilby 1898

• Main Authors: Smith, David G., Ho, Hsuan-Ching
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2018
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Actinopterygii; Anguilliformes; Congridae; Bathycongrus; Indian; Alcock; Bingham; Cramer; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5960232; https://zenodo.org/record/5960232

Genus Bathycongrus Ogilby, 1898 Bathycongrus Ogilby, 1898:292 (type species Congromuraena nasica Alcock, 1894, by original designation). Rhechias Jordan, 1921:644 (type species Rhechias armiger Jordan, 1921, by original designation). Congrina Jordan & Hubbs, 1925:192, 196 (type species Congermuraena aequorea Gilbert & Cramer, 1897, by original designation). Pseudoxenomystax Breder, 1927:6 (type species Pseudoxenomystax dubius Breder, 1927, by monotypy). Microcephalocongrus Fowler, 1934:270 (type species Bathycongrus megalops Fowler, 1934, by original designation; described as a subgenus of Bathycongrus ). Uranoconger Fowler, 1934:274 (type species Uranoconger odontostomus Fowler, 1934, by original designation). Distinguishing characters (after Smith, 1989). Body moderately elongate, anus at about 30–40 %TL; tail slender, moderately to markedly attenuate at tip. Dorsal fin begins over or slightly behind pectoral fin; anal fin begins directly behind anus; dorsal and anal fins continuous with caudal fin; pectoral fin well developed. Snout projects beyond lower jaw, intermaxillary teeth at least partially visible when mouth closed; fleshy part of snout projects beyond intermaxillary teeth. Flange present on lower lip, rudimentary or absent on upper lip. Anterior nostril tubular, near tip of snout, directed ventrolaterally. Posterior nostril elliptical, in front of middle or upper part of eye. Head pores moderate to large (see Fig. 1 for typical arrangement of pores). Supraorbital pores 3–6 (modally 3), 1 at tip of snout near edge of lip, 1 above that in front of anterior nostril, 1 above anterior nostril, 0–3 on snout and interorbital area. Infraorbital pores 5–8 (5), 4 along upper jaw, 1 in line with these behind rictus, 0–3 (0) behind eye; adnasal pore absent. Preoperculomandibular pores 10–11 (10). Supratemporal pores 1 or 3 (1). Teeth moderately small to moderately large. Intermaxillary teeth in 2 to several rows, separated from maxillary and vomerine teeth, mostly exposed when mouth closed. Vomerine teeth variable, some species with a slightly elongate multiserial patch of small teeth, some with a few large teeth (usually 2) surrounded by a variable number of smaller teeth. Maxillary and mandibular teeth in bands. : Published as part of Smith, David G. & Ho, Hsuan-Ching, 2018, The congrid eel genus Bathycongrus of Taiwan, with descriptions of three new species (Anguilliformes: Congridae), pp. 118-146 in Zootaxa 4454 (1) on pages 119-120, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4454.1.12, http://zenodo.org/record/1446560 : {"references": ["Ogilby, J. D. (1898) New genera and species of fishes. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 23 (Part 3), 280 - 299", "Alcock, A. W. (1894) Natural history notes from H. M. Indian marine survey steamer`Investigator, ', Commander C. F. Oldham, R. N., commanding. Series II. No. 11. An account of a recent collection of bathybial fishes from the Bay of Bengal and from the Laccadive Sea. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 63 (Part 2), 115 - 137.", "Jordan, D. S. (1921) Description of deep-sea fishes from the coast of Hawaii, killed by a lava flow from Mauna Loa. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 59 (2392), 643 - 656. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.59 - 2392.643", "Jordan, D. S. & Hubbs, C. L. (1925) Record of fishes obtained by David Starr Jordan in Japan, 1922. Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum, 10 (2), 93 - 346.", "Gilbert, C. H. & Cramer, F. (1897) Report on the fishes dredged in deep water near the Hawaiian Islands, with descriptions and figures of twenty-three new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 19 (1114), 403 - 435. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.19 - 1114.403", "Breder, C. M. (1927) Scientific results of the first oceanographic expedition of the \" Pawnee \" 1925. Fishes. Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection Yale University, 1 (Art. 1), 1 - 90.", "Fowler, H. W. (1934) Descriptions of new fishes obtained 1907 to 1910, chiefly in the Philippine Islands and adjacent seas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 85 (for 1933), 233 - 367.", "Smith, D. G. (1989) Family Congridae. In: Bohlke, E. B. (Ed.), Fishes of the Western North Atlantic. Memoirs of the Sears Foundation for Marine Research, 1 (Part 9), pp. 460 - 567."]}