Gnathophis tritos | |
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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. tritos
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Binomial name | |
Gnathophis tritos
D. G. Smith &
Kanazawa, 1977
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Gnathophis tritos 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, in the western central Atlantic Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 458–567 meters. [2]
Gnathophis tritos was given its species epithet due to its being the third species in its genus discovered in the western Atlantic. [2]
Gnathophis tritos | |
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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. tritos
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Binomial name | |
Gnathophis tritos
D. G. Smith &
Kanazawa, 1977
|
Gnathophis tritos 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, in the western central Atlantic Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 458–567 meters. [2]
Gnathophis tritos was given its species epithet due to its being the third species in its genus discovered in the western Atlantic. [2]