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Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Bathycongrus macrurus

Shorthead conger

WoRMS 276870ITIS 635917GBIF 2403359key worms:276870
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2026-08-05: itis_id 635917 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · Richard Harris · Public Domain Mark · PhyloPic, drawn from Monognathus
Shorthead conger25 cm
bongo net ring71 cm

max · worms_attribute

Ophisoma macrurum RAD107748-001
Photo · Division of Fishes, Smith, David G. · CC0 1.0 · gbif

The shorthead conger is an eel in the family Congridae. It was described by Charles Henry Gilbert in 1891, originally under the genus Ophisoma.W CalCOFI holds 14 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1972 and 2006, as larva.R

14
observations
14
records
14
sampling events
1972–2006
years
1
datasets
larva
life stages

Observed in
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One row per dataset, one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses (dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet pill marks a name the authority does not accept.

  • Ichthyoplankton 14 obs · 14 events · 1972–2006 · larva
    name used: Bathycongrus macrurus Shorthead conger · code 357

How big is it
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Every mark is a measured length with its own source — hover one to read it. The reference objects are _data/size_reference.csv: two of them, the 505 µm bongo mesh and the net's ring, are CalCOFI's own sampling gear.

Ways in
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Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

Explorerdb-query
ERDDAPCalCOFI's own server, the Ichthyoplankton table constrained to this taxon
https://erddap.calcofi.io/erddap/tabledap/swfsc_ichthyo.html?&taxon_key=%22worms:276870%22