Gnathophis microps | |
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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. microps
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Binomial name | |
Gnathophis microps
Karmovskaya &
Paxton, 2000
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Gnathophis microps, the smalleye conger, [2] is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). [3] It was described by Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya and John Richard Paxton in 2000. [4] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from western Australia, in the eastern Indian Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 200–320 metres. [3]