Gnathophis neocaledoniensis

Gnathophis neocaledoniensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae
Genus: Gnathophis
Species: G. neocaledoniensis
Binomial name
Gnathophis neocaledoniensis
Karmovskaya, 2004

Gnathophis neocaledoniensis is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[1] It was described by Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya in 2004.[2] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from New Caledonia (from which its species epithet is derived), in the western Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 520-580 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 18.5 centimetres.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Gnathophis neocaledoniensis at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Karmovskaya, E. S., 2004 [ref. 28053] Benthopelagic bathyal conger eels of families Congridae and Nettastomatidae from the western tropical Pacific, with descriptions of ten new species. Journal of Ichthyology v. 44 (Suppl. 1): S1-S32.
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