Gnathophis bathytopos
| Gnathophis bathytopos | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Congridae |
| Genus: | Gnathophis |
| Species: | G. bathytopos
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| Binomial name | |
| Gnathophis bathytopos & , 1977
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Gnathophis bathytopos, the blackgut conger,[2] is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[3] It was described by and in 1977.[4] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the Straits of Florida, USA, and the southeastern Gulf of Mexico, in the western Atlantic Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 180–370 meters. Males can reach a maximum total length of 35 cm (14 in; 1.15 ft).[3]
References[]
- ^ Smith, D.G.; Tighe, K.; McCosker, J. (2019). "Gnathophis bathytopos". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T199338A2584565. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199338A2584565.en. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ Common names for Gnathophis bathytopos Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Gnathophis bathytopos at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Smith, D. G., and R. H. Kanazawa, 1977 [ref. 4036] Eight new species and a new genus of congrid eels from the western north Atlantic with redescriptions of Ariosoma analis, Hildebrandia guppyi, and Rhechias vicinalis. Bulletin of Marine Science v. 27 (no. 3): 530–543.
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