Global InformationGnathophis nasutus information
| Gnathophis nasutus | |
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Conservation status
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 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Congridae |
| Genus: | Gnathophis |
| Species: | G. nasutus
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| Binomial name | |
| Gnathophis nasutus Karmovskaya & Paxton, 2000
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Gnathophis nasutus (known commonly as the bignose 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 tropical, marine eel which is known from western Australia, in the eastern Indian Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 80–140 metres.[3]
- ^ Tighe, K.; Smith, D.G.; McCosker, J. (2019). "Gnathophis nasutus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T199186A2567748. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199186A2567748.en. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
- ^ Common names for Gnathophis nasutus at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Gnathophis nasutus 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.