Little conger eel

Gnathophis habenatus

Forty Three Centimeters Eel from the South African Coast

Temperate
Transcontinental
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
Africa
Oceania
Anguilliform
Medium
Temperate fish

Gnathophis habenatus, the little conger eel or silver conger, is a conger of the family Congridae, found on soft bottoms of the continental shelf of the Indian and southwest Pacific Oceans. Length is up to 43 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Congridae
Genus: Gnathophis
Maximum length: 43 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: South Africa (Ref. 5323 ), Australia (Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania), and New Zealand (Ref. 5755 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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