Gnathophis nasutus

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

Gnathophis nasutus (known commonly as the bignose 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 tropical, marine eel which is known from western Australia, in the eastern Indian Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 80–140 metres. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Tighe, K.; Smith, D.G.; McCosker, J. (2019). "Gnathophis nasutus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 e.T199186A2567748. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199186A2567748.en . Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  2. ↑ Common names for Gnathophis nasutus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. 1 2 Gnathophis nasutus Archived 2013-06-16 at archive.today at www.fishbase.org.
  4. ↑ 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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