Graham's conger
The Graham's conger[1] (Gnathophis grahami) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[2] It was described by Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya and John Richard Paxton in 2000.[3] It is a subtropical, marine eel which is known from New South Wales, Australia, in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 50–350 metres.[2]
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| Species: | G. grahami |
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| Gnathophis grahami Karmovskaya & Paxton, 2000 | |
References
- Common names for Gnathophis grahami at www.fishbase.org
- Gnathophis grahami at www.fishbase.org.
- Karmovskaya, E. S., and J. R. Paxton, 2000 [ref. 25768] Revision of the Australian congrid eels of the genus Gnathophis (family Congridae), with descriptions of six new species. Journal of Ichthyology v. 40 (Suppl. 1): S1-S14.
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