The Bullish congerCommon names for Bathycongrus bullisi at www.fishbase.org. (Bathycongrus bullisi) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).Bathycongrus bullisi at www.fishbase.org. It was described by David G. Smith and Robert H. Kanazawa in 1977, originally under the genus Rhechias.Smith, D. G. and R. H. Kanazawa, 1977 [ref. 4036] Eight new species and a new genus of congrid eels from the western north Atlantic with redescriptions of Ariosoma analis, Hildebrandia guppyi, and Rhechias vicinalis. Bulletin of Marine Science v. 27 (no. 3): 530-543. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the Gulf of Mexico to the Amazon, in the western Atlantic Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 366–475 meters. Males can reach a maximum total length of 39.5 centimeters.
Etymology The eel was named in honor of marine biologist Harvey R. Bullis, Jr. (1924-1992), of the National Marine Fisheries Service.
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