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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Congridae |
Genus: | Gnathophis |
Species: | G. nystromi
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Binomial name | |
Gnathophis nystromi (Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
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Synonyms [1] [2] | |
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Gnathophis nystromi (known commonly as the conger eel [3]) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). [4] [5] It was described by David Starr Jordan and John Otterbein Snyder in 1901, originally under the genus Leptocephalus. [6] It contains two subspecies, Gnathophis nystromi nystromi, and Gnathophis nystromi ginanago, which was described by Hirotoshi Asano in 1958, originally under the genus Rhynchocymba. [7]
G. nystromi nystromi is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the western Pacific Ocean, including Japan, the South China Sea, and Hawaii. It dwells at a depth range of 250–355 meters, and inhabits reefs. Males can reach a maximum total length of 45 cm (1 ft 6 in), but more commonly reach a TL of 35 cm (1 ft 2 in). [5]
G. nystromi ginanago is a marine, temperate water-dwelling eel which is known from Japan, in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. Males can reach a maximum total length of 40 centimeters. [4]
Gnathophis nystromi | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Congridae |
Genus: | Gnathophis |
Species: | G. nystromi
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Binomial name | |
Gnathophis nystromi (Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
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Subspecies | |
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Synonyms [1] [2] | |
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Gnathophis nystromi (known commonly as the conger eel [3]) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). [4] [5] It was described by David Starr Jordan and John Otterbein Snyder in 1901, originally under the genus Leptocephalus. [6] It contains two subspecies, Gnathophis nystromi nystromi, and Gnathophis nystromi ginanago, which was described by Hirotoshi Asano in 1958, originally under the genus Rhynchocymba. [7]
G. nystromi nystromi is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the western Pacific Ocean, including Japan, the South China Sea, and Hawaii. It dwells at a depth range of 250–355 meters, and inhabits reefs. Males can reach a maximum total length of 45 cm (1 ft 6 in), but more commonly reach a TL of 35 cm (1 ft 2 in). [5]
G. nystromi ginanago is a marine, temperate water-dwelling eel which is known from Japan, in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. Males can reach a maximum total length of 40 centimeters. [4]