Castle's conger
| Castle's conger | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Congridae |
| Genus: | Gnathophis |
| Species: | G. castlei |
| Binomial name | |
| Gnathophis castlei Karmovskaya & Paxton, 2000 | |
The Castle's conger[1] (Gnathophis castlei) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[2] It was described by Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya and John Richard Paxton in 2000.[3] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from Queensland, Australia, in the western central Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 131-366 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 34.2 centimetres.[2]
The species epithet refers to Peter Henry John Castle.
References
- ↑ Common names for Gnathophis castlei at www.fishbase.org.
- 1 2 Gnathophis castlei at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Karmovskaya, E. S., and J. R. Paxton, 2000 [ref. 25768] Revision of the Australian congrid eels of the genus Gnathophis (family Congridae), with descriptions of six new species. Journal of Ichthyology v. 40 (Suppl. 1): S1-S14.
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