Largepore conger

Gnathophis macroporis

Eel beneath the Eastern Indian Ocean

Temperate
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Indian Ocean
Oceania
Anguilliform
Temperate fish

Gnathophis macroporis, the largepore 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, temperate water-dwelling eel from Victoria, Australia, in the eastern Indian Ocean.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Congridae
Genus: Gnathophis
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean: Victoria, Australia.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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