Blachea longicaudalis

Blachea longicaudalis
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Congridae
Genus:	Blachea
Species:	B. longicaudalis
Binomial name
	Blachea longicaudalis; Karmovskaya, 2004

Blachea longicaudalis is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[2] It was described by Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya in 2004.[3] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from Fiji and New Caledonia, in the western Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 400–461 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 68.3 centimetres, while females can reach a maximum TL of 57 cm.[2]

The species epithet "longicaudalis" refers to the eel's elongated caudal fins.[2]

References

McCosker, J.; Smith, D.G.; Tighe, K. (2019). "Blachea longicaudalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T199269A2576780. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199269A2576780.en. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
Blachea longicaudalis at www.fishbase.org.
Karmovskaya, E. S., 2004 [ref. 28053] Benthopelagic bathyal conger eels of families Congridae and Nettastomatidae from the western tropical Pacific, with descriptions of ten new species. Journal of Ichthyology v. 44 (Suppl. 1): S1-S32.

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[1] McCosker, J.; Smith, D.G.; Tighe, K. (2019). "Blachea longicaudalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T199269A2576780. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199269A2576780.en. Retrieved 30 January 2022.

[Fishbase-2] Blachea longicaudalis at www.fishbase.org.

[Karmovskaya,_2004-3] Karmovskaya, E. S., 2004 [ref. 28053] Benthopelagic bathyal conger eels of families Congridae and Nettastomatidae from the western tropical Pacific, with descriptions of ten new species. Journal of Ichthyology v. 44 (Suppl. 1): S1-S32.