Gnathophis bracheatopos
Appearance
Gnathophis bracheatopos | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Congridae |
Genus: | Gnathophis |
Species: | G. bracheatopos
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Binomial name | |
Gnathophis bracheatopos Smith & Kanazawa, 1977
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The longeye conger (Gnathophis bracheatopos) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[1][2] It was described by David G. Smith and Robert H. Kanazawa in 1977.[3] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the United States (South Carolina to Florida) and the eastern Gulf of Mexico, in the western Atlantic Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 55–110 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 35 centimetres.[2]
References
- ^ Common names for Gnathophis bracheatopos at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Gnathophis bracheatopos at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ 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.