Gnathophis
| Gnathophis Temporal range: [1]
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| Gnathophis mystax | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Congridae |
| Subfamily: | Congrinae |
| Genus: | Gnathophis Kaup, 1859[2] |
| Type species | |
| Myrophis heterognathos | |
| Species | |
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Gnathophis is a genus of marine congrid eels.
Species
There are currently 31 recognized species in this genus:[3]
- Gnathophis ajithi Kodeeswaran & Karmovskaya, 2025
- Gnathophis andriashevi Karmovskaya, 1990
- Gnathophis anilmohapatrai Kodeeswaran & Karmovskaya, 2025
- Gnathophis arabicus Kodeeswaran & Karmovskaya, 2025
- Gnathophis asanoi Karmovskaya, 2004
- Gnathophis bathytopos D. G. Smith & Kanazawa, 1977 (blackgut conger)
- Gnathophis bracheatopos D. G. Smith & Kanazawa, 1977 (longeye conger)
- Gnathophis capensis (Kaup, 1856) (Southern Atlantic conger)
- Gnathophis castlei Karmovskaya & Paxton, 2000 (Castle's conger)
- Gnathophis cinctus (Garman, 1899) (hardtail conger)
- Gnathophis codoniphorus Maul, 1972
- Gnathophis ginanago (Asano, 1958)
- Gnathophis grahami Karmovskaya & Paxton, 2000 (Graham's conger)
- Gnathophis habenatus (J. Richardson, 1848) (little conger eel)
- Gnathophis heterognathos (Bleeker, 1858)
- Gnathophis heterolinea (Kotthaus, 1968)
- Gnathophis johnsoni Prokofiev, Frable, Emelianova, Saveleva & Orlov, 2025
- Gnathophis leptosomatus Karrer, 1982
- Gnathophis longicauda (E. P. Ramsay & J. D. Ogilby, 1888) (little conger)
- Gnathophis macroporis Karmovskaya & Paxton, 2000 (largepore conger)
- Gnathophis melanocoelus Karmovskaya & Paxton, 2000 (blackgut conger)
- Gnathophis microps Karmovskaya & Paxton, 2000 (smalleye conger)
- Gnathophis musteliceps (Alcock, 1894)
- Gnathophis mystax (Delaroche, 1809) (thinlip conger)
- Gnathophis nasutus Karmovskaya & Paxton, 2000
- Gnathophis neocaledoniensis Karmovskaya, 2004
- Gnathophis nystromi (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
- Gnathophis parini Karmovskaya, 1990
- Gnathophis smithi Karmovskaya, 1990
- Gnathophis tritos D. G. Smith & Kanazawa, 1977
- Gnathophis umbrellabius (Whitley, 1946) (umbrella conger)
- Gnathophis xenica (Matsubara & Ochiai, 1951)
References
- ^ Werner Schwarzhans (2012). "Fish otoliths from the Paleocene of Bavaria (Kressenberg) and Austria (Kroisbach and Oiching-Graben)". Palaeo Ichthyologica. 12: 1–88. Archived from the original on 2015-07-16. Retrieved 2015-07-16.
- ^ a b c Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Congridae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
- ^ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Gnathophis". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 22 February 2026.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8