| Parabathymyrus fijiensis | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Congridae |
| Genus: | Parabathymyrus |
| Species: | P. fijiensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Parabathymyrus fijiensis Karmovskaya, 2004 | |
Parabathymyrus fijiensis is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya in 2004. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from Fiji (from which its species epithet is derived), in the western Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 478–500 metres. Females can reach a total length of 36 centimetres.
References
- McCosker, J.; Tighe, K.; Smith, D.G. (2019). "Parabathymyrus fijiensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T199122A2561453. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199122A2561453.en. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
- ^ Parabathymyrus fijiensis at www.fishbase.org.
- Karmovskaya, E. S., 2004 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.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Parabathymyrus fijiensis | |
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