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Blackedge Conger

Bathycongrus retrotinctus (Jordan & Snyder 1901)

Diagnostic Description

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Body moderately elongate. Tail slender, attenuate at tip. Snout bluntly pointed, protruding beyond tip of lower jaw. Preserve specimen, head and body pale brown dorsally, much paler on belly. Caudal fin black, pectoral fin pale (Ref. 37528). Dorsal-fin origin slightly behind anteriormost insertion of pectoral fin to above middle of appressed fin. Preanal lateral line pores 29-32 (Ref. 36324).
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Trophic Strategy

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Found on the continental shelf. Benthic (Ref. 75154).
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