Deepwater conger

Deepwater conger
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Congridae
Genus:	Xenomystax
Species:	X. atrarius
Binomial name
	Xenomystax atrarius; Gilbert, 1891

The Deepwater conger (Xenomystax atrarius, also known as the Twinpored eel) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[1] It was described by Charles Henry Gilbert in 1891.[2] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from southern Canada to Chile, in the eastern Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 165–935 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 100 centimetres.[1]

References

Xenomystax atrarius at www.fishbase.org.
Gilbert, C. H., 1891 (8 Sept.) [ref. 1625] Descriptions of apodal fishes from the tropical Pacific. In: Scientific results of explorations by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross. Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 14 (no. 856): 347-352.

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[Fishbase-1] Xenomystax atrarius at www.fishbase.org.

[Gilbert,_1891-2] Gilbert, C. H., 1891 (8 Sept.) [ref. 1625] Descriptions of apodal fishes from the tropical Pacific. In: Scientific results of explorations by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross. Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 14 (no. 856): 347-352.