Gnathophis leptosomatus is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[2] It was described by Christine Karrer in 1983.[3] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from Madagascar, in the western Indian Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 420–428 metres.[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. leptosomatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Gnathophis leptosomatus Karrer, 1983
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References
edit- ^ Tighe, K.; McCosker, J.; Smith D.R. (2019). "Gnathophis leptosomatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T199054A2554166. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199054A2554166.en. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
- ^ a b Gnathophis leptosomatus at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Karrer, C., 1983 [ref. 5679] Anguilliformes du Canal de Mozambique (Pisces, Teleostei). Faune Tropicale v. 23 (for 1982): 1-116.
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