WoRMS taxon details
Bathycongrus aequoreus (Gilbert & Cramer, 1897)
276864 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:276864)
accepted
Species
Congermuraena aequorea Gilbert & Cramer, 1897 · unaccepted
Congermuraena aequoreus Gilbert & Cramer, 1897 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Congrina aequoria (Gilbert & Cramer, 1897) · unaccepted
Rhechias aequorea (Gilbert & Cramer, 1897) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Rhechias armiger Jordan, 1921 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Congermuraena aequorea Gilbert & Cramer, 1897) Gilbert, C. H.; Cramer, F. (1897). Report on the fishes dredged in deep water near the Hawaiian Islands, with descriptions and figures of twenty-three new species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 19 (no. 1114): 403-435, Pls. 36-48. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Bathycongrus aequoreus (Gilbert & Cramer, 1897). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=276864 on 2025-06-26
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Rhechias armiger Jordan, 1921) Jordan, D. S. (1921). Description of deep-sea fishes from the coast of Hawaii, killed by a lava flow from Mauna Loa. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 59 (no. 2392): 643-656. [details]
original description (of Congermuraena aequoreus Gilbert & Cramer, 1897) Gilbert, C. H.; Cramer, F. (1897). Report on the fishes dredged in deep water near the Hawaiian Islands, with descriptions and figures of twenty-three new species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 19 (no. 1114): 403-435, Pls. 36-48. [details]
original description (of Congermuraena aequorea Gilbert & Cramer, 1897) Gilbert, C. H.; Cramer, F. (1897). Report on the fishes dredged in deep water near the Hawaiian Islands, with descriptions and figures of twenty-three new species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 19 (no. 1114): 403-435, Pls. 36-48. [details]
original description (of Congermuraena aequoreus Gilbert & Cramer, 1897) Gilbert, C. H.; Cramer, F. (1897). Report on the fishes dredged in deep water near the Hawaiian Islands, with descriptions and figures of twenty-three new species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 19 (no. 1114): 403-435, Pls. 36-48. [details]
original description (of Congermuraena aequorea Gilbert & Cramer, 1897) Gilbert, C. H.; Cramer, F. (1897). Report on the fishes dredged in deep water near the Hawaiian Islands, with descriptions and figures of twenty-three new species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 19 (no. 1114): 403-435, Pls. 36-48. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Congermuraena aequorea Gilbert & Cramer, 1897)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Rhechias armiger Jordan, 1921)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Congermuraena aequoreus Gilbert & Cramer, 1897)
To FishBase (from synonym Rhechias armiger Jordan, 1921)
To FishBase (from synonym Congermuraena aequorea Gilbert & Cramer, 1897)
To FishBase images (Bathycongrus aequoreus, Vanuatu, by MNHN)
to ITIS (from synonym Congrina aequoria (Gilbert & Cramer, 1897))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Congermuraena aequorea P03387 illustration) (from synonym Congermuraena aequorea Gilbert & Cramer, 1897)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Rhechias arminger USNM 84097 type 1 of 2 radiograph lateral view) (from synonym Rhechias armiger Jordan, 1921)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Rhechias armiger Jordan, 1921)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Congermuraena aequoreus Gilbert & Cramer, 1897)
To FishBase (from synonym Rhechias armiger Jordan, 1921)
To FishBase (from synonym Congermuraena aequorea Gilbert & Cramer, 1897)
To FishBase images (Bathycongrus aequoreus, Vanuatu, by MNHN)
to ITIS (from synonym Congrina aequoria (Gilbert & Cramer, 1897))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Congermuraena aequorea P03387 illustration) (from synonym Congermuraena aequorea Gilbert & Cramer, 1897)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Rhechias arminger USNM 84097 type 1 of 2 radiograph lateral view) (from synonym Rhechias armiger Jordan, 1921)
To ITIS
