Congridae

Little conger

Gnathophis longicauda

Eel of Australian Waters

• Temperate
• Continental endemic
• Local endemic species
• Restricted distribution
• Marine fish
• Pacific Ocean
• Oceania
• Anguilliform
• Temperate fish

Gnathophis longicauda, the little conger, little conger eel or silver conger, is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by Edward Pierson Ramsay and James Douglas Ogilby in 1888, originally under the genus Congromuraena. It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling eel which is endemic to Australia, in the Indo-West Pacific.