Swollen-headed conger eel

Swollen-headed conger eel
	Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Congridae
Genus:	Bassanago
Species:	B. bulbiceps
Binomial name
	Bassanago bulbiceps; Whitley, 1948

The swollen-headed conger eel, Bassanago bulbiceps, is a conger of the family Congridae, found on continental slopes around southern Australia and New Zealand. Its length is between 40 and 60 cm.

References

↑ Tighe, K.; Smith, D.G.; McCosker, J. (2019). "Bassanago bulbiceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T199419A2593332. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199419A2593332.en. Retrieved 6 January 2022.

"Bassanago bulbiceps". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 19 March 2006.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Bassanago bulbiceps" in FishBase. January 2006 version.
Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8

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[1] Tighe, K.; Smith, D.G.; McCosker, J. (2019). "Bassanago bulbiceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T199419A2593332. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199419A2593332.en. Retrieved 6 January 2022.

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