Gnathophis tritos explained

Gnathophis tritos is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).^[1] It was described by David G. Smith and Robert H. Kanazawa in 1977.^[2] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the Straits of Florida, in the western central Atlantic Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 458–567 meters.^[1]

Gnathophis tritos was given its species epithet due to its being the third species in its genus discovered in the western Atlantic.^[1]

Notes and References

1. http://fishbase.mnhn.fr/summary/Gnathophis-tritos.html Gnathophis tritos
2. 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.