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''Promyllantor adenensis'' is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).''Promyllantor adenensis''
at www.fishbase.org.
It was described by
Wolfgang Klausewitz Wolfgang Klausewitz (20 July 1921 – 31 August 2018) was a German zoologist, ichthyologist, marine biologist and biohistorian. Early life Klausewitz was born in Berlin. He attended school in Berlin, then, in 1941, was sent as a soldier to North ...
in 1991, originally under the genus '' Bathycongrellus''.Klausewitz, W., 1991 ef. 20886''A new genus and species of congrid eel from the deep sea of the Gulf of Aden.'' Fauna of Saudi Arabia v. 12: 382-387. It is a
marine Marine is an adjective meaning of or pertaining to the sea or ocean. Marine or marines may refer to: Ocean * Maritime (disambiguation) * Marine art * Marine biology * Marine debris * Marine habitats * Marine life * Marine pollution Military * ...
, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the Indo-Western Pacific, including the
Gulf of Aden The Gulf of Aden ( ar, خليج عدن, so, Gacanka Cadmeed 𐒅𐒖𐒐𐒕𐒌 𐒋𐒖𐒆𐒗𐒒) is a deepwater gulf of the Indian Ocean between Yemen to the north, the Arabian Sea to the east, Djibouti to the west, and the Guardafui Channe ...
and the Lord Howe Seamount Chain. It is known to dwell at a depth range of . Males can reach a maximum total length of .


References

Congridae Taxa named by Wolfgang Klausewitz Fish described in 1991 {{Anguilliformes-stub