Little conger
| Little conger | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Congridae |
| Genus: | Gnathophis |
| Species: | G. longicauda |
| Binomial name | |
| Gnathophis longicauda (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1888) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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The Little conger (Gnathophis longicauda, also known as the Little conger eel or the Silver conger[2]) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[3] It was described by Edward Pierson Ramsay and James Douglas Ogilby in 1888, originally under the genus Congromuraena.[4] It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling eel which is endemic to Australia, in the Indo-West Pacific. It dwells at a depth range of 2-99 metres, and inhabits the continental shelf and slope.[3]
References
- ↑ Synonyms of Gnathophis longicauda at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Common names for Gnathophis longicauda at www.fishbase.org.
- 1 2 Gnathophis longicauda at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Ramsay, E. P. and J. D. Ogilby, 1888 (Mar. 28) [ref. 18601] Descriptions of two new fishes from Port Jackson. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales (Series 2) v. 2 (pt 4): 1021-1023.
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