Bathymyrinae is a subfamily of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Congridae, which includes the conger and garden eels. The eels of this subfamily are most diverse in the Indo-Pacific region but are also found in both the Eastern and Western Atlantic Oceans.
| Bathymyrinae | |
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| Ariosoma balearicum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Congridae |
| Subfamily: | Bathymyrinae J. E. Böhlke, 1949[1] |
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Genera
editBathymyrinae has the following genera classified within it:[2]
- Ariosoma Swainson, 1838
- Bathymyrus Alcock, 1889
- Chiloconger Myers & Wade, 1941
- Kenyaconger D. G. Smith & Karmovskaya, 2003
- Parabathymyrus Kamohara, 1938
- Paraconger Kanazawa, 1961
- Rostroconger D. G. Smith, 2015
- †Paracongroides Blot, 1978 (Eocene of Italy)[3]
- †Pavelichthys Bannikov & Fedotov, 1984[4] (lower Oligocene of Northern Caucasus)
References
edit- ^ a b Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 1–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Congridae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
- ^ "Paracongroides". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
- ^ Prokofiev, A.M. (2007). "A redescription and relationships of the congrid eel Pavelichthys daniltshenkoi (Anguilliformes: Congridae) from the lower Oligocene of Northern Caucasus". Journal of Ichthyology. 47: 335–340. doi:10.1134/S0032945207050013.