Gnathophis

Gnathophis
Temporal range: Danian–0

Early Paleocene (Danian) to Present[1]

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae
Genus: Gnathophis
Oken, 1817
Species

See text.

Gnathophis is a genus of marine congrid eels.

Species

There are currently 27 recognized species in this genus:[2]

References

  1. Werner Schwarzhans (2012). "Fish otoliths from the Paleocene of Bavaria (Kressenberg) and Austria (Kroisbach and Oiching-Graben)". Palaeo Ichthyologica 12: 1–88.
  2. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Gnathophis in FishBase. December 2012 version.


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