Gnathophis macroporis

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Gnathophis macroporis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae
Genus: Gnathophis
Species:
G. macroporis
Binomial name
Gnathophis macroporis

Gnathophis macroporis, the largepore conger, [2] is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). [3] It was described by Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya and John Richard Paxton in 2000. [4] 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 (538 ft) [3]

References

  1. ↑ Tighe, K.; McCosker, J.; Smith, D.R. (2019). "Gnathophis macroporis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 e.T199043A2553059. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199043A2553059.en . Retrieved 22 May 2025.
  2. ↑ "Common names of Gnathophis macroporis". fishbase.org.
  3. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Gnathophis macroporis". FishBase . January 2013 version.
  4. ↑ Karmovskaya, E. S.; J. R. Paxton (2000). "Revision of the Australian congrid eels of the genus Gnathophis (family Congridae), with descriptions of six new species". Journal of Ichthyology. 40 (Suppl. 1): S1 –S14.


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