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Gnathophis microps
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Congridae
Genus:	Gnathophis
Species:	G. microps
Binomial name
Gnathophis microps Karmovskaya & Paxton, 2000

Gnathophis microps, the smalleye conger, is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya and John Richard Paxton in 2000. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from western Australia, in the eastern Indian Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 200–320 metres.

References

1. McCosker, J.; Smith, D.R.; Tighe K. (2019). "Gnathophis microps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T199188A2567976. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199188A2567976.en. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
2. Common names for Gnathophis microps at www.fishbase.org.
3. ^ Gnathophis microps Archived 2013-07-02 at archive.today at www.fishbase.org.
4. Karmovskaya, E. S. and J. R. Paxton, 2000 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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