Gavialiceps javanicus

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Gavialiceps javanicus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae
Genus: Gavialiceps
Species:
G. javanicus
Binomial name
Gavialiceps javanicus
Karmovskaya, 1993

Gavialiceps javanicus, the duckbill conger, is an eel in the family Muraenesocidae (pike congers). [1] [2] It was described by Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya in 1993. [3] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the Indo-West Pacific, including northwestern Australia, Java (from which the species epithet is derived), and Indonesia. It dwells at a depth range of 560–600 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 89 centimetres. [2]

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References

  1. Common names for Gavialiceps javanicus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. 1 2 Gavialiceps javanicus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Karmovskaya, E. S. 1993 [ref. 22018] Systematics and distribution of the eel genus Gavialiceps (Congridae) in the Indo-West Pacific. Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 33 (no. 6): 742–752.