Little conger

Scientific classification
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Animalia

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Chordata

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Actinopterygii

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Anguilliformes

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Congridae

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Gnathophis

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G. longicauda

Binomial name
Gnathophis longicauda

(Ramsay & Ogilby, 1888)

Synonyms[1]

* Congromuraena longicauda Ramsay & Ogilby, 1888
* Gnathophis longicaudus (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1888)

The little conger (Gnathophis longicauda, also known as the little conger eel or the 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 Congromuraena.[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

1. ↑ Synonyms of Gnathophis longicauda at www.fishbase.org.
2. ↑ Common names for Gnathophis longicauda at www.fishbase.org.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Gnathophis longicauda at www.fishbase.org.
4. ↑ 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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