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Gavialiceps javanicus Karmovskaya, 1993

Duckbill conger
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Australia country information

Common names: Duckbill conger
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Recorded from the north Australian slope (Ref. 44791).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.csiro.au/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Hoese, D.F., D.J. Bray, J.R. Paxton and G.R. Allen, 2006
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Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Muraenesocidae (Pike congers)
Etymology: Gavialiceps: Hindi, ghariyal = gavial, saurian of Ganges, 1825 + Greek, kephale = head (Ref. 45335);  javanicus: Named after its type locality (Ref. 44791).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 560 - 600 m (Ref. 44791).   Deep-water

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