Biology:Gnathophis microps

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Gnathophis microps
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae
Genus: Gnathophis
Species:
G. microps
Binomial name
Gnathophis microps
Karmovskaya & Paxton, 2000

Gnathophis microps, the smalleye 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 marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from western Australia , in the eastern Indian Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 200–320 metres.[3]

References

  1. McCosker, J.; Smith, D.R.; Tighe K. (2019). "Gnathophis microps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T199188A2567976. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199188A2567976.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/199188/2567976. Retrieved 20 January 2022. 
  2. Common names for Gnathophis microps[yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}] at www.fishbase.org.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Gnathophis microps 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.

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