Gnathophis musteliceps
Appearance
Gnathophis musteliceps | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Congridae |
Genus: | Gnathophis |
Species: | G. musteliceps
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Binomial name | |
Gnathophis musteliceps (Alcock, 1894)
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Synonyms[2] | |
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Gnathophis musteliceps is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[3] It was described by Alfred William Alcock in 1894, originally under the genus Congromuraena.[4] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the Bay of Bengal, in the western Indian Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 265–457 metres.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Tighe, K.; McCosker, J.; Smith, D.R. (2019). "Gnathophis musteliceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T199148A2564170. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199148A2564170.en. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
- ^ Synonyms of Gnathophis musteliceps at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Gnathophis musteliceps at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Alcock, A. W., 1894 [ref. 90] Natural history notes from H. M. Indian marine survey steamer `Investigator,'... Series II., No. 11. An account of a recent collection of bathybial fishes from the Bay of Bengal and from the Laccadive Sea. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 63 (pt 2): 115-137, Pls. 6-7.