Bristletooth conger

The bristletooth conger (Xenomystax congroides) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).^[2] It was described by David G. Smith and Robert H. Kanazawa in 1989.^[3] It is a marine, deep water–dwelling eel which is known from the western Atlantic Ocean, including northeastern Florida, U.S.A.; the Gulf of Mexico, the Amazon River, the Bahamas and the West Indies. It dwells at a depth range of 140–825 metres (459–2,707 ft). Males can reach a maximum total length of 87.6 centimetres (34.5 in).^[2]

Bristletooth conger
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Congridae
Genus:	Xenomystax
Species:	X. congroides
Binomial name
Xenomystax congroides D. G. Smith & Kanazawa, 1989