Gnathophis leptosomatus

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Gnathophis leptosomatus
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae
Genus: Gnathophis
Species:
G. leptosomatus
Binomial name
Gnathophis leptosomatus
Karrer, 1983

Gnathophis leptosomatus is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[1] It was described by in 1983.[2] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from Madagascar, in the western Indian Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 420–428 metres.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Gnathophis leptosomatus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ Karrer, C., 1983 [ref. 5679] Anguilliformes du Canal de Mozambique (Pisces, Teleostei). Faune Tropicale v. 23 (for 1982): 1-116.


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