Gnathophis nasutus

Species of fish

Gnathophis nasutus

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Anguilliformes
Family:  | Congridae
Genus:  | Gnathophis
Species:  |

G. nasutus

Binomial name
Gnathophis nasutus

Karmovskaya & Paxton, 2000

Gnathophis nasutus (known commonly as the bignose conger[2]) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[3] It was described by Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya and John Richard Paxton in 2000.[4] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from western Australia, in the eastern Indian Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 80–140 metres.[3]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Tighe, K.; Smith, D.G.; McCosker, J. (2019). "Gnathophis nasutus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T199186A2567748. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199186A2567748.en. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
2. ^ Common names for Gnathophis nasutus at www.fishbase.org.
3. ^ a b Gnathophis nasutus at www.fishbase.org.
4. ^ Karmovskaya, E. S. and J. R. Paxton, 2000 [ref. 25768] Revision of the Australian congrid eels of the genus Gnathophis (family Congridae), with descriptions of six new species. Journal of Ichthyology v. 40 (Suppl. 1): S1-S14.

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q6408023
* AFD: Gnathophis_nasutus
* CoL: 3GLW6
* FishBase: 60618
* GBIF: 2403316
* iNaturalist: 611983
* IRMNG: 10142030
* ITIS: 635940
* IUCN: 199186
* Plazi: BA6BEE69-D9C5-1508-6699-30C8C22B9387
* WoRMS: 271765
* ZooBank: 796DFA29-04A1-4928-8926-237C649DA056

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