Bathycongrus retrotintus, Jordan & Snyder, 1901

Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Kinch, Jeff, Mana, Ralph, Russell, Barry C., Tully, Dean & White, William T., 2019, Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records, Zootaxa 4588 (1), pp. 1-360 : 54

Bathycongrus retrotintus ( Jordan & Snyder 1901)— Blackedge conger

Status at New Ireland. New record, based on NTUM material (2 specimens, St. CP 4429-21-22, northeast of New Hanover; 2 specimens, St. CP 4441-8-9, northeast of New Hanover; 2 specimens, St. CP 4442-1-2, northnorthwest of Kavieng; 2 specimens, St. CP 4448-12, CP 4448-14, north of New Hanover ).

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2.—General distribution: Western Pacific: Philippines and New Ireland north to Taiwan, Korea and southern Japan, south to northern Australia. Demersal, 150–892 m depth. Marine.