Biology:Gnathophis grahami
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| Gnathophis grahami | |
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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. grahami
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| Binomial name | |
| Gnathophis grahami Karmovskaya & Paxton, 2000
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Gnathophis grahami, or Graham's 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 subtropical, marine eel which is known from New South Wales, Australia , in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 50–350 metres.[3]
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of Kenneth Graham (b. 1947), with the New South Wales Fisheries, who provided the type specimen of this species and other east coast specimens to the Australian Museum.[5]
References
- ↑ Tighe, K.; McCosker, J.; Smith, D.R. (2019). "Gnathophis grahami". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T199397A2591036. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199397A2591036.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/199397/2591036. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
- ↑ Common names for Gnathophis grahami at www.fishbase.org
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Gnathophis grahami 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.
- ↑ "Order ANGUILLIFORMES: Families MURAENESOCIDAE, NETTASTOMATIDAE, CONGRIDAE, MORINGUIDAE, CYEMATIDAE, NEOCYEMATIDAE, MONOGNATHIDAE, SACCOPHARYNGIDAE, EURYPHARYNGIDAE, NEMICHTHYIDAE, SERRIVOMERIDAE and ANGUILLIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/anguilliformes3/.
Wikidata ☰ Q2552779 entry
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