Largetooth Conger

It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the eastern central, southeastern, and western central Atlantic, in Benin, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Colombia, French Guiana, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guyana, Honduras, Malaysia, Mexico, Namibia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Panama, South Africa, Suriname, Togo, the United States, and Venezuela. It is known to dwell in sandy regions at a depth range of 120–1318 meters, occurring most frequently between 900–1000 m. Males can reach a maximum total length of 88 centimeters. Northwestern Pacific populations of the large-toothed conger have been recognized as belonging to four separate species, B. albus, B. dolichosomus, B. fowleri, and B. hawaiiensis.