Gnathophis longicauda

Gnathophis longicauda, the little conger, little conger eel or silver conger,[3] is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[4] It was described by Edward Pierson Ramsay and James Douglas Ogilby in 1888, originally under the genus Congromuraena.[5] 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.[4]

Not to be confused with little conger eel.

Gnathophis longicauda
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae
Genus: Gnathophis
Species:
G. longicauda
Binomial name
Gnathophis longicauda
(Ramsay & Ogilby, 1888)
Synonyms[2]
  • Congromuraena longicauda Ramsay & Ogilby, 1888
  • Gnathophis longicaudus (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1888)

References
  1. McCosker, J.; Smith, D.R.; Tighe, K. (2019). "Gnathophis longicauda". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T199319A2582260. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199319A2582260.en. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  2. Synonyms of Gnathophis longicauda at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Common names for Gnathophis longicauda at www.fishbase.org.
  4. Gnathophis longicauda at www.fishbase.org.
  5. 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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