Gnathophis

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Gnathophis
Temporal range: 55–0Ma
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.

Species

There are currently 27 recognized species in this genus:[2]

References

  1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: p.560. Retrieved 2007-12-25. 
  2. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Gnathophis in FishBase. December 2012 version.
  • 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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