Little conger eel

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iLittle conger eel
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae
Genus: Gnathophis
Species: G. habenatus
Binomial name
Gnathophis habenatus
(Richardson, 1848)

The little conger eel or silver conger, Gnathophis habenatus, 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.

The little conger eel is similar to other conger eels including the umbrella conger, the small differences being an overall silvery colouring including the eyes and gill region, and there are black patches both above and below the eyes. There are many rows of minute teeth in each jaw.

[edit] References

  • "Gnathophis habenatus". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. May 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
  • Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
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