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Congridae
Gnathophis heterolinea
Gnathophis heterolinea
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Indian Ocean
- Africa
- Anguilliform
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Anguilliform
MediumGnathophis heterolinea is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by Adolf Kotthaus in 1968, originally under the genus Lemkea. It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from Mombasa, Kenya, in the western Indian Ocean.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- True Eels
- Family
- Congridae
- Genus
- Gnathophis
- Maximum length
- 25 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- anguilliform
- Distribution
- Western Indian Ocean: Off Mombasa, Kenya.
- Conservation status
- DDData Deficient
Class
Family
Conservation status
