Kingdom Animalia Class Actinopterygii Family Congridae Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Order Anguilliformes Genus Gnathophis | |
Little conger feeding time with diverstime
The little conger (Gnathophis longicauda, also known as the little conger eel or the silver conger) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by Edward Pierson Ramsay and James Douglas Ogilby in 1888, originally under the genus Congromuraena. It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling eel which is endemic to Australia, in the Indo-West Pacific. It dwells at a depth range of 2-99 metres, and inhabits the continental shelf and slope.
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