Gnathophis

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Gnathophis
Fossil range: Early Eocene to Present[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae
Genus: Gnathophis
Oken, 1817
Species

See text.

Gnathophis is a genus of marine congrid eels.

[edit] Species

  • Genus Gnathophis
    • Gnathophis andriashevi Karmovskaya, 1990
    • Blackgut conger, Gnathophis bathytopos Smith & Kanazawa, 1977
    • Longeye conger, Gnathophis bracheatopos Smith & Kanazawa, 1977
    • Southern Atlantic conger, Gnathophis capensis (Kaup, 1856)
    • Gnathophis castlei Karmovskaya & Paxton, 2000
    • Hardtail conger, Gnathophis cinctus (Garman, 1899)
    • Gnathophis codoniphorus Maul, 1972
    • Gnathophis grahami Karmovskaya & Paxton, 2000
    • Little conger eel or silver conger, Gnathophis habenatus (Richardson, 1848)
    • Gnathophis heterognathos (Bleeker, 1859)
    • Gnathophis heterolinea (Kotthaus, 1968)
    • Gnathophis leptosomatus Karrer, 1982
    • Gnathophis longicauda (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1888)
    • Gnathophis macroporis Karmovskaya & Paxton, 2000
    • Gnathophis melanocoelus Karmovskaya & Paxton, 2000
    • Gnathophis microps Karmovskaya & Paxton, 2000
    • Gnathophis musteliceps (Alcock, 1894)
    • Thinlip conger, Gnathophis mystax (Delaroche, 1809)
    • Gnathophis nasutus Karmovskaya & Paxton, 2000
    • Gnathophis nystromi ginanago (Asano, 1958)
    • Gnathophis nystromi nystromi (Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
    • Gnathophis parini Karmovskaya, 1990
    • Gnathophis smithi Karmovskaya, 1990
    • Gnathophis tritos Smith & Kanazawa, 1977
    • Umbrella conger, Gnathophis umbrellabius (Whitley, 1946)
    • Gnathophis xenica (Matsubara & Ochiai, 1951)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: p.560. 
  • "Conger". 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