Parabathymyrus brachyrhynchus is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).Parabathymyrus brachyrhynchus at www.fishbase.org. It was described by Henry Weed Fowler in 1934, originally under the genus Ariosoma.Fowler, H. W., 1934 (20 Jan.) [ref. 1416] Descriptions of new fishes obtained 1907 to 1910, chiefly in the Philippine Islands and adjacent seas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 85 (for 1933): 233-367. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the western central Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a maximum depth of 289 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 33 centimetres.
The species epithet, "brachyrhynchus", refers to the short snout of the species.
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