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Gnathophis castlei Karmovskaya & Paxton, 2000

Castle's conger
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Australia country information

Common names: Castle's conger
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Type locality, off Brisbane, Queensland, AMS I15551-012 (holotype of Gnathophis castlei) (Ref. 54804). Reported from Lord Howe Island (Ref. 75154).
National Checklist:
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
National Database:

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) > Congridae (Conger and garden eels) > Congrinae
Etymology: Gnathophis: Greek, gnathos = jaw + Greek, ophis = serpent (Ref. 45335).

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

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 131 - 366 m (Ref. 54804).   Deep-water

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