Gnathophis bracheatopos

Gnathophis bracheatopos
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Congridae
Genus:	Gnathophis
Species:	G. bracheatopos
Binomial name
Gnathophis bracheatopos D. G. Smith & Kanazawa, 1977

Gnathophis bracheatopos, the longeye conger, is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). ^{[2] [3]} It was described by David G. Smith and Robert H. Kanazawa in 1977. ^[4] 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 meters. Males can reach a maximum total length of 35 centimeters. ^[3]

References

1. Smith, D.G. (2015). "Gnathophis bracheatopos". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2015 e.T199270A2576874. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T199270A2576874.en . Retrieved 17 January 2022.
2. Common names for Gnathophis bracheatopos at www.fishbase.org.
3. Gnathophis bracheatopos at www.fishbase.org.
4. 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.