Gnathophis longicauda

Short description: Species of fish

Gnathophis longicauda

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
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. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/199319/2582260. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
2. ↑ Synonyms of Gnathophis longicauda at www.fishbase.org.
3. ↑ Common names for Gnathophis longicauda at www.fishbase.org.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 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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