Gnathophis longicauda
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Congridae |
| Genus: | Gnathophis |
| Species: | G. longicauda
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| Binomial name | |
| Gnathophis longicauda (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1888)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Gnathophis longicauda, the little conger, little conger eel or 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 .[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.
- ^ a b 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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