Smalleye conger
The smalleye conger[1] (Gnathophis microps) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[2] It was described by Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya and John Richard Paxton in 2000.[3] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from western Australia, in the eastern Indian Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 200–320 metres.[2]
| Smalleye conger | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Congridae |
| Genus: | Gnathophis |
| Species: | G. microps |
| Binomial name | |
| Gnathophis microps Karmovskaya & Paxton, 2000 | |
References
- Common names for Gnathophis microps at www.fishbase.org.
- Gnathophis microps Archived 2013-07-02 at Archive.today at www.fishbase.org.
- Karmovskaya, E. S. and J. R. Paxton, 2000 [ref. 25768] Revision of the Australian congrid eels of the genus Gnathophis (family Congridae), with descriptions of six new species. Journal of Ichthyology v. 40 (Suppl. 1): S1-S14.
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