Gnathophis castlei, or Castle's conger,[1] is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[2] It was described by Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya and John Richard Paxton in 2000.[3] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from Queensland, Australia, in the western central Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 131–366 metres. Males can reach a total length of 34.2 centimetres.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Congridae |
| Genus: | Gnathophis |
| Species: | G. castlei
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| Binomial name | |
| Gnathophis castlei Karmovskaya & Paxton, 2000
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Etymology
editThe species epithet refers to Peter Henry John Castle.
References
edit- ^ Common names for Gnathophis castlei at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Gnathophis castlei Archived 2013-06-16 at archive.today at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Karmovskaya, E. S., and J. R. Paxton, 2000 [ref. 25768] Revision of the Australian congrid eels of the genus Gnathophis (family Congridae), with descriptions of six new species. Journal of Ichthyology v. 40 (Suppl. 1): S1-S14.
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