Gavialiceps javanicus | |
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Scientific classification | |
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]
Gavialiceps is a genus of eels in the family Congridae, the conger eels.
The silvery conger also known as the sea conger, the darkfin conger, the dark-finned conger-eel, or simply the conger eel, is an eel in the family Congridae. It was described by Coenraad Jacob Temminck and Hermann Schlegel in 1846, originally under the genus Conger. It is a tropical, marine eel which is known to dwell in sandy and muddy bottoms on coasts in the Indo-west Pacific. Males can reach a maximum total length of 60 centimetres.
Ariosoma sazonovi is an eel in the family Congridae. It was described by Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya in 2004. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the Philippines, in the western Pacific Ocean. It is known to dwell at a depth range of 160–440 metres. Females can reach a maximum total length of 39.5 centimetres.
Chiloconger philippinensis is an eel in the family Congridae. It was described by David G. Smith and Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya in 2003. It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the Philippines, in the western central Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 186–230 metres. Females can reach a total length of 19 centimetres.
Parabathymyrus fijiensis is an eel in the family Congridae. It was described by Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya in 2004. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from Fiji, in the western Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 478–500 metres. Females can reach a total length of 36 centimetres.
Bassanago nielseni is an eel in the family Congridae. It was described by Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya in 1990, originally under the genus Pseudoxenomystax. It is a marine, deep-water dwelling eel which is known from the central and southern part of the Nazca Ridge, in the southeastern Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 160–340 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 46.5 centimetres.
Bathycongrus longicavis is an eel in the family Congridae. It was described by Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya in 2009. It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the Pacific Ocean, including Vanuatu and the New Hebrides Trench. It dwells at a depth range of 532–599 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 38.6 centimetres.
Bathycongrus parapolyporus is an eel in the family Congridae. It was described by Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya in 2009. It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the western central Pacific Ocean, including Fiji, Lakeba Island, the South China Sea, and Vietnam. It is known to dwell at a depth of 310 metres. Females can reach a maximum total length of 34.8 centimetres.
Bathycongrus unimaculatus is an eel in the family Congridae. It was described by Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya in 2009. It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the southern Loyalty Basin in New Caledonia. It usually dwells at a depth range of 430–450 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 28.3 centimetres.
Gnathophis andriashevi is an eel in the family Congridae. It was described by Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya in 1990. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the western part of the Sala y Gomez Ridge, in the southeastern Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 260–330 metres. Females can reach a maximum total length of 36.5 cm.
Gnathophis asanoi is an eel in the family Congridae. It was described by Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya in 2004. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the Philippines, in the western Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 280–440 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 35 cm.
Gnathophis castlei, or Castle's conger, is an eel in the family Congridae. It was described by Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya and John Richard Paxton in 2000. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from Queensland, Australia, in the western central Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 131–366 metres. Males can reach a total length of 34.2 centimetres.
Gnathophis grahami, or Graham's conger, is an eel in the family Congridae. It was described by Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya and John Richard Paxton in 2000. It is a subtropical, marine eel which is known from New South Wales, Australia, in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 50–350 metres.
Gnathophis macroporis, the largepore conger, is an eel in the family Congridae. It was described by Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya and John Richard Paxton in 2000. It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling eel from Victoria, Australia, in the eastern Indian Ocean. It is known to dwell at a depth of 164 metres.
Gnathophis neocaledoniensis is an eel in the family Congridae. It was described by Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya in 2004. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from New Caledonia, in the western Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 520–580 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 18.5 centimetres.
Gnathophis parini is an eel in the family Congridae. It was described by Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya in 1990. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the Sala y Gomez Ridge, in the southeastern Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 540–560 metres. The maximum known total length, based on a juvenile specimen, is 13.7 centimetres.
Gnathophis smithi is an eel in the family Congridae. It was described by Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya in 1990. It is a subtropical, marine eel which is known from the Nazca and Sala y Gómez ridges, in the southeastern Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 145–250 metres, and leads a nocturnal lifestyle. Males can reach a maximum total length of 41.1 centimetres. The eel's diet includes benthic crustaceans and polychaetes.
Gavialiceps bertelseni is an eel in the family Muraenesocidae. It was described by Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya in 1993. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the southwestern slope of Madagascar, in the western Indian Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 670 to 1,200 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 84 centimetres (33 in).
Gavialiceps taiwanensis is an eel in the family Muraenesocidae. It was described by Johnson T. F. Chen and Herman Ting-Chen Weng in 1967, originally under the genus Chlopsis. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the northwestern Pacific Ocean, including Taiwan and Okinawa, Japan. It dwells at a depth range of 600 to 750 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 75.7 centimetres (29.8 in).
Saurenchelys taiwanensis is an eel in the family Nettastomatidae. It was described by Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya in 2004. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the Philippines, in the western Pacific Ocean. It is known to dwell at a depth range of 1,043 to 1,102 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 34.2 centimetres (13.5 in).