World Register of Deep-Sea species - Rhechias wallacei (Castle, 1968)

Deep-Sea name details

Rhechias wallacei (Castle, 1968)

AphiaID

217555 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217555)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Bathycongrus wallacei (Castle, 1968)

Rank

Species

Parent

Rhechias Jordan, 1921 accepted as Bathycongrus Ogilby, 1898

Original name

Congrina wallacei Castle, 1968

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Congrina wallacei Castle, 1968) Castle, P. H. J. (1968). The congrid eels of the western Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. <em>Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University.</em> No. 33: 685-726. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Rhechias wallacei (Castle, 1968). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217555 on 2026-01-18

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Rhechias wallacei (Castle, 1968). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217555 on 2026-01-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-02-24 18:26:33Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2008-02-28 13:41:07Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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original description (of Congrina wallacei Castle, 1968) Castle, P. H. J. (1968). The congrid eels of the western Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. <em>Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University.</em> No. 33: 685-726. [details]

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Language	Name
English	longnose conger	[details]

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