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Gnathophis habenatus

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Gnathophis habenatus
1920s illustration by Louis Thomas Griffin
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae
Genus: Gnathophis
Species:
G. habenatus
Binomial name
Gnathophis habenatus

Gnathophis habenatus, the little conger eel or silver conger, is a conger of the family Congridae, found on soft bottoms of the continental shelf of the Indian and southwest Pacific Oceans. Length is up to 43 cm.

References

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  1. ^ Tighe, K.; McCosker, J.; Smith, D.R. (2019). "Gnathophis habenatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T199136A2562793. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199136A2562793.en. Retrieved 19 January 2022.