Duckbill conger

Species of fish

Duckbill conger

Scientific classification
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Animalia

Phylum:  |

Chordata

Class:  |

Actinopterygii

Order:  |

Anguilliformes

Family:  |

Muraenesocidae

Genus:  |

Gavialiceps

Species:  |

G. javanicus

Binomial name
Gavialiceps javanicus

Karmovskaya, 1993

The duckbill conger (Gavialiceps javanicus) is an eel in the family Muraenesocidae (pike congers).[1][2] It was described by Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya in 1993.[3] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the Indo-West Pacific, including northwestern Australia, Java (from which the species epithet is derived), and Indonesia. It dwells at a depth range of 560–600 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 89 centimetres.[2]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Common names for Gavialiceps javanicus at www.fishbase.org.
2. ^ a b Gavialiceps javanicus at www.fishbase.org.
3. ^ Karmovskaya, E. S. 1993 [ref. 22018] Systematics and distribution of the eel genus Gavialiceps (Congridae) in the Indo-West Pacific. Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 33 (no. 6): 742–752.

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q2103661
* AFD: Gavialiceps_javanicus
* FishBase: 60917
* GBIF: 2405354
* iNaturalist: 617636
* IRMNG: 10150657
* ITIS: 635705
* IUCN: 199233
* Plazi: F486652B-9E2D-95DE-74E3-23946174D514
* WoRMS: 280822
* ZooBank: BDB5A8C7-213D-4F2B-9679-8234109AB151

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