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| Gnathophis longicauda | |
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Conservation status
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![]() Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
| Scientific classification | |
| 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[2] | |
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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]
Wikidata ☰ Q2529843 entry
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Categories: [Gnathophis]
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