Gnathophis longicauda explained

Gnathophis longicauda, the little conger, little conger eel or silver conger,[1] is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[2] It was described by Edward Pierson Ramsay and James Douglas Ogilby in 1888, originally under the genus Congromuraena.[3] It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling eel which is endemic to Australia, in the Indo-West Pacific. It dwells at a depth range of 2–99 metres, and inhabits the continental shelf and slope.[2]

Notes and References

  1. http://fishbase.mnhn.fr/comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=24404&GenusName=Gnathophis&SpeciesName=longicauda&StockCode=19353 Common names for Gnathophis longicauda
  2. https://archive.today/20130616132553/http://fishbase.mnhn.fr/summary/Gnathophis-longicauda.html Gnathophis longicauda
  3. Ramsay, E. P. and J. D. Ogilby, 1888 (Mar. 28) [ref. 18601] Descriptions of two new fishes from Port Jackson. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales (Series 2) v. 2 (pt 4): 1021-1023.

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