Congridae

Gnathophis neocaledoniensis

Gnathophis neocaledoniensis

• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Pacific Ocean
• Oceania
• Anguilliform
• Medium

Gnathophis neocaledoniensis is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya in 2004. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from New Caledonia (from which its species epithet is derived), in the western Pacific Ocean.