Gnathophis
Gnathophis is a genus of marine congrid eels.
| Gnathophis Temporal range: [1]  | |
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| Gnathophis mystax | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Chordata | 
| Class: | Actinopterygii | 
| Order: | Anguilliformes | 
| Family: | Congridae | 
| Subfamily: | Congrinae | 
| Genus: | Gnathophis Oken, 1817  | 
| Species | |
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Species
    
There are currently 27 recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Gnathophis andriashevi Karmovskaya, 1990
 - Gnathophis asanoi Karmovskaya, 2004
 - Gnathophis bathytopos D. G. Smith & Kanazawa, 1977 (blackgut conger)
 - Gnathophis bracheatopos D. G. Smith & Kanazawa, 1977 (longeye conger)
 - Gnathophis capensis (Kaup, 1856) (Southern Atlantic conger)
 - Gnathophis castlei Karmovskaya & Paxton, 2000 (Castle's conger)
 - Gnathophis cinctus (Garman, 1899) (hardtail conger)
 - Gnathophis codoniphorus Maul, 1972
 - Gnathophis grahami Karmovskaya & Paxton, 2000 (Graham's conger)
 - Gnathophis habenatus (J. Richardson, 1848) (little conger eel)
 - Gnathophis heterognathos (Bleeker, 1858–59)
 - Gnathophis heterolinea (Kotthaus, 1968)
 - Gnathophis leptosomatus Karrer, 1982
 - Gnathophis longicauda (E. P. Ramsay & J. D. Ogilby, 1888) (little conger)
 - Gnathophis macroporis Karmovskaya & Paxton, 2000 (largepore conger)
 - Gnathophis melanocoelus Karmovskaya & Paxton, 2000 (blackgut conger)
 - Gnathophis microps Karmovskaya & Paxton, 2000 (smalleye conger)
 - Gnathophis musteliceps (Alcock, 1894)
 - Gnathophis mystax (Delaroche, 1809) (thinlip conger)
 - Gnathophis nasutus Karmovskaya & Paxton, 2000
 - Gnathophis neocaledoniensis Karmovskaya, 2004
 - Gnathophis nystromi (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
- Gnathophis nystromi ginanago (Asano, 1958)
 - Gnathophis nystromi nystromi (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
 
 - Gnathophis parini Karmovskaya, 1990
 - Gnathophis smithi Karmovskaya, 1990
 - Gnathophis tritos D. G. Smith & Kanazawa, 1977
 - Gnathophis umbrellabius (Whitley, 1946) (umbrella conger)
 - Gnathophis xenica (Matsubara & Ochiai, 1951)
 
References
    
- Werner Schwarzhans (2012). "Fish otoliths from the Paleocene of Bavaria (Kressenberg) and Austria (Kroisbach and Oiching-Graben)". Palaeo Ichthyologica. 12: 1–88.
 - Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Gnathophis in FishBase. December 2012 version.
 
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
 
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