Biology:Gnathophis bracheatopos
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Short description: Species of fish
| Gnathophis bracheatopos | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Congridae |
| Genus: | Gnathophis |
| Species: | G. bracheatopos
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| Gnathophis bracheatopos D. G. Smith & Kanazawa, 1977
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Gnathophis bracheatopos, the longeye conger, is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[2][3] It was described by David G. Smith and Robert H. Kanazawa in 1977.[4] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the United States (South Carolina to Florida) and the eastern Gulf of Mexico, in the western Atlantic Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 55–110 meters. Males can reach a maximum total length of 35 centimeters.[3]
References
- ↑ Smith, D.G. (2015). "Gnathophis bracheatopos". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T199270A2576874. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T199270A2576874.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/199270/2576874. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ↑ Common names for Gnathophis bracheatopos at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Gnathophis bracheatopos at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Smith, D. G., and R. H. Kanazawa, 1977 [ref. 4036] Eight new species and a new genus of congrid eels from the western north Atlantic with redescriptions of Ariosoma analis, Hildebrandia guppyi, and Rhechias vicinalis. Bulletin of Marine Science v. 27 (no. 3): 530–543.
Wikidata ☰ Q6407855 entry
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