Gnathophis longicauda

Not to be confused with little conger eel.

Gnathophis longicauda
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae
Genus: Gnathophis
Species:
G. longicauda
Binomial name
Gnathophis longicauda
(Ramsay & Ogilby, 1888)
Synonyms[2]
  • Congromuraena longicauda Ramsay & Ogilby, 1888
  • Gnathophis longicaudus (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1888)

Gnathophis longicauda, the little conger, little conger eel or silver conger,[3] is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[4] It was described by Edward Pierson Ramsay and James Douglas Ogilby in 1888, originally under the genus Congromuraena.[5] 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.[4]

References

  1. ^ McCosker, J.; Smith, D.R.; Tighe, K. (2019). "Gnathophis longicauda". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T199319A2582260. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199319A2582260.en. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  2. ^ Synonyms of Gnathophis longicauda at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ Common names for Gnathophis longicauda at www.fishbase.org.
  4. ^ a b Gnathophis longicauda at www.fishbase.org.
  5. ^ 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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