Bathyuroconger Fowler 1934
- Dataset
- Eels of the genus Bathyuroconger in the northwestern Pacific, with descriptions of four new species (Anguilliformes: Congridae)
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Anguilliformes
- family
- Congridae
- genus
- Bathyuroconger
Bathyuroconger Fowler 1934
Key to species of Bathyuroconger in the western North Pacific
1A. Gill opening moderate to large, immediately adjacent to pectoral-fin base, its upper corner contacting base of fin........................................................................... B. cf. vicinus (Indonesia, Papua New Guinea)
1B. Gill opening small to moderate, distinctly separated from base of pectoral fin...................................... 2
2 A. Trunk length 3.3 times head length; preanal vertebrae 63, precaudal vertebrae 70........ B. dolichosomus sp. nov. (Taiwan)
2B. Trunk length less than 2.9 times head length; preanal vertebrae fewer than 55...................................... 3
3A. Gill opening moderately small, separated from pectoral-fin base by a distance of less than diameter of gill opening....... 4
3B. Gill opening very small, separated from pectoral-fin base by a distance greater than diameter of gill opening............ 5
4 A. Body light grayish dorsally and pale ventrally; vertebrae 168‒177........................... B. albus sp. nov. (Taiwan)
4 B. Body uniformly brown; vertebrae 201‒210........................................ B. hawaiiensis sp. nov. (Hawaii)
5A. Dorsal-fin origin over base of pectoral fin; trunk length 1.4‒1.7 times head length; preanal vertebrae 43‒48; total vertebrae 181‒189....................................................... B. parvibranchialis (Philippines, Taiwan, Japan)
5B. Dorsal-fin origin over middle of pectoral fin; trunk length 1.7‒2.2 times head length; preanal vertebrae 47‒52; total vertebrae 173‒178........................................................... B. fowleri sp. nov. (Indonesia, Philippines)