Gnathophis xenica

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Gnathophis xenica
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae
Genus: Gnathophis
Species:
G. xenica
Binomial name
Gnathophis xenica
(Matsubara & Ochiai, 1951)
Synonyms [2]
  • Arisoma nystromi xenicaMatsubara & Ochiai, 1951

Gnathophis xenica is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). [3] It was described by Kiyomatsu Matsubara and Akira Ochiai in 1951, originally as a subspecies of Arisoma nystromi . [4] It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling eel which is known from Japan, in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. Males can reach a maximum total length of 32 centimeters. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Tighe, K.; Smith, D.G.; McCosker, J. (2019). "Gnathophis xenica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 e.T199141A2563376. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199141A2563376.en . Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  2. ↑ Synonyms of Gnathophis xenica at www.fishbase.org.
  3. 1 2 Gnathophis xenica Archived 2013-07-01 at archive.today at www.fishbase.org.
  4. ↑ Matsubara, K. and A. Ochiai, 1951 [ref. 12898] On the conger eels related to Arisoma nystromi (Jordan et Snyder) found in the waters of Japan and China. Memoirs of the College of Agriculture Kyoto University No. 59: 1-18.


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