Blackgut conger
Blackgut conger | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Congridae |
Genus: | Gnathophis |
Species: | G. bathytopos |
Binomial name | |
Gnathophis bathytopos Smith & Kanazawa, 1977 | |
The blackgut conger (Gnathophis bathytopos[1] is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[2] It was described by David G. Smith and Robert H. Kanazawa in 1977.[3] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the Straits of Florida, USA, and the southeastern Gulf of Mexico, in the western Atlantic Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 180–370 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 35 centimetres.[2]
References
- ↑ Common names for Gnathophis bathytopos Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine. at www.fishbase.org.
- 1 2 Gnathophis bathytopos 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.
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