Biology:Castle's conger
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| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Order: | Anguilliformes
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| Species: | G. castlei
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| Gnathophis castlei Karmovskaya & Paxton, 2000
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The Castle's conger[1] (Gnathophis castlei) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[2] It was described by Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya and John Richard Paxton in 2000.[3] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from Queensland, Australia, in the western central Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 131–366 metres. Males can reach a total length of 34.2 centimetres.[2]
The species epithet refers to Peter Henry John Castle.
References
- ↑ Common names for Gnathophis castlei at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Gnathophis castlei at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q1958753 entry
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