Congridae

Blackgut conger

Gnathophis melanocoelus

Eel from the Indian Ocean

• Black
• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Indian Ocean
• Oceania
• Anguilliform
• Medium
• Tropical fish

Gnathophis melanocoelus (known commonly as the Blackgut conger) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya and John Richard Paxton in 2000. It is a subtropical, marine eel which is known from western Australia, in the eastern Indian Ocean.