Castle's conger

Gnathophis castlei

Regional distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
Oceania
Anguilliform
Medium

Gnathophis castlei, or Castle's 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 marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from Queensland, Australia, in the western central Pacific Ocean.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Congridae
Genus: Gnathophis
Maximum length: 34.2 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Western Central Pacific: Queensland, Australia.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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