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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. castlei
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Binomial name | |
Gnathophis castlei
Karmovskaya &
Paxton, 2000
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Gnathophis castlei, or Castle's conger, [1] 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 total length of 34.2 centimetres. [2]
The species epithet refers to Peter Henry John Castle.