Gnathophis habenatus, the little conger eel or silver conger, is a conger of the family Congridae, found on soft bottoms of the continental shelf of the Indian and southwest Pacific Oceans. Length is up to 43 cm.
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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. habenatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Gnathophis habenatus (J. Richardson, 1848)
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References
edit- ^ Tighe, K.; McCosker, J.; Smith, D.R. (2019). "Gnathophis habenatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T199136A2562793. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199136A2562793.en. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Gnathophis habenatus". FishBase. May 2006 version.
- 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
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