Gnathophis neocaledoniensis

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Gnathophis neocaledoniensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae
Genus: Gnathophis
Species:
G. neocaledoniensis
Binomial name
Gnathophis neocaledoniensis
Karmovskaya, 2004

Gnathophis neocaledoniensis is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). [2] It was described by Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya in 2004. [3] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from New Caledonia (from which its species epithet is derived), 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. [2]

References

  1. ↑ Tighe, K.; Smith, D.G.; McCosker, J. (2019). "Gnathophis neocaledoniensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 e.T199175A2566698. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199175A2566698.en . Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  2. 1 2 Gnathophis neocaledoniensis at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ↑ Karmovskaya, E. S., 2004 [ref. 28053] Benthopelagic bathyal conger eels of families Congridae and Nettastomatidae from the western tropical Pacific, with descriptions of ten new species. Journal of Ichthyology v. 44 (Suppl. 1): S1-S32.


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