Congridae

hardtail conger

Gnathophis cinctus

Fish Reaching Forty Two Centimeters in Mexican Waters

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Pacific Ocean
• North America
• South America
• Anguilliform
• Medium
• Tropical fish

Gnathophis cinctus, the hardtail conger or Catalina conger, is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by Samuel Garman in 1899, originally under the genus Atopichthys. It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the eastern central and southeastern Pacific Ocean, including Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, and the United States.