Gnathophis tritos

Gnathophis tritos
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae
Genus: Gnathophis
Species: G. tritos
Binomial name
Gnathophis tritos
Smith & Kanazawa, 1977

Gnathophis tritos is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[1] It was described by David G. Smith and Robert H. Kanazawa in 1977.[2] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the Straits of Florida, in the western central Atlantic Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 458-567 metres.[1]

Gnathophis tritos was given its species epithet due to its being the third species in its genus discovered in the western Atlantic.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Gnathophis tritos at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Smith, D. G. and R. H. Kanazawa, 1977 [ref. 4036] Eight new species and a new genus of congrid eels from the western north Atlantic with redescriptions of Ariosoma analis, Hildebrandia guppyi, and Rhechias vicinalis. Bulletin of Marine Science v. 27 (no. 3): 530-543.
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