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Bassanago bulbiceps Whitley, 1948

Swollen-headed conger eel
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New Zealand country information

Common names: Swollenheaded conger
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: occasional (usually not seen) | Ref: Doonan, I.J., M. Dunn and A.C. Hart, 2009
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Recorded from bottom trawls off the east coast of South Island (Ref. 58461). First record in the Chathams Island. Recorded occasionally from the Northeastern and Eastern Chatham Rise (Ref. 87166). (Ref. 45493). Voucher specimen(s) held at the NMNZ.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/nz.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.fish.govt.nz/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Paulin, C., A. Stewart, C. Roberts and P. McMillan, 1989
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Κοινά ονόματα | Συνώνυμα | Catalog of Fishes(Γένος, Είδη) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Congridae (Conger and garden eels) > Congrinae
Etymology:   More on author: Whitley.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Οικολογία


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