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Etymology: Bathycongrus: Greek, bathys = deep + Latin, conger = conger (Ref. 45335); trimaculatus: From the Latin words tria (three) and macula (spot) in reference to the number of spots on the dorsal and anal fins.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 357 - 550 m (Ref. 79665). Tropical; 9°S - 22°S, 159°E - 178°W
Distribution
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Southwestern Pacific Ocean: Solomon Islands, Fiji and New Caledonia (Ref. 79665).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 16.1 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 79665)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal soft rays (total): 203 - 221; Anal soft rays: 164 - 177; Vertebrae: 117 - 119. Distinguished by the following characters: tail slender and flexible; snout projecting beyond lower jaw, tip fleshy, extending beyond intermaxillary teeth; flange on upper lip rudimentary or absent; adnasal pore absent, some head pores enlarged; teeth moderate to slightly enlarged, intermaxillary patch exposed when mouth closed, vomerine teeth in a short rounded patch; preorbital bone with three ventral projections; stomach and intestine black (Ref. 79665).
Body shape (shape guide): eel-like.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Karmovskaya, E.S. and D.G. Smith, 2008. Bathycongrus trimaculatus, a new congrid eel (Teleostei: Anguilliformes) from the southwestern Pacific, with a redescription of Bathycongrus bleekeri Fowler. Zootaxa 1943:26-36. (Ref. 79665)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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