Species of fish
Gnathophis musteliceps
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Conservation status
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![Gnathophis musteliceps](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Status_iucn3.1_LC.svg/220px-Status_iucn3.1_LC.svg.png) Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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Scientific classification
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Domain:
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Eukaryota
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Kingdom:
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Animalia
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Phylum:
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Chordata
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Class:
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Actinopterygii
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Order:
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Anguilliformes
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Family:
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Congridae
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Genus:
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Gnathophis
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Species:
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G. musteliceps
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Binomial name
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Gnathophis musteliceps
(Alcock, 1894)
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Synonyms[2]
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- Congromuraena musteliceps Alcock, 1894
- Bathycongrus musteliceps (Alcock, 1894)
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Gnathophis musteliceps is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[3] It was described by Alfred William Alcock in 1894, originally under the genus Congromuraena.[4] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the Bay of Bengal, in the western Indian Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 265–457 metres.[3]
- ^ Tighe, K.; McCosker, J.; Smith, D.R. (2019). "Gnathophis musteliceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T199148A2564170. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199148A2564170.en. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
- ^ Synonyms of Gnathophis musteliceps at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Gnathophis musteliceps at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Alcock, A. W., 1894 [ref. 90] Natural history notes from H. M. Indian marine survey steamer `Investigator,'... Series II., No. 11. An account of a recent collection of bathybial fishes from the Bay of Bengal and from the Laccadive Sea. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 63 (pt 2): 115-137, Pls. 6-7.