| Blackedge conger | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Congridae |
| Genus: | Bathycongrus |
| Species: | B. retrotinctus |
| Binomial name | |
| Bathycongrus retrotinctus (Jordan & Snyder, 1901) | |
| Synonyms | |
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The Blackedge conger (Bathycongrus retrotinctus, also known as the Randall's conger) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by David Starr Jordan and John Otterbein Snyder in 1901, originally under the genus Leptocephalus. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from Japan to the Philippines, in the western Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 150–450 metres (490–1,480 ft). Males can reach a maximum total length of 54 centimetres (1 ft 9 in).
References
- Acero, A.; Murdy, E.; Smith, D. . (2010). "Bathycongrus retrotinctus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T154672A4602616. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T154672A4602616.en. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- Synonyms of Bathycongrus retrotinctus at www.fishbase.org.
- Common names for Bathycongrus retrotinctus at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Bathycongrus retrotinctus". FishBase.
- Jordan, D. S.; J. O. Snyder (28 August 1901). "A review of the apodal fishes or eels of Japan, with descriptions of nineteen new species". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 23 (1239): 837–890.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Bathycongrus retrotinctus | |
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