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Gnathophis neocaledoniensis
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. neocaledoniensis
Binomial name
Gnathophis neocaledoniensis Karmovskaya, 2004

Gnathophis neocaledoniensis is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya in 2004. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from New Caledonia (from which its species epithet is derived), in the western Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 520–580 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 18.5 centimetres.

References

1. Tighe, K.; Smith, D.G.; McCosker, J. (2019). "Gnathophis neocaledoniensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T199175A2566698. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199175A2566698.en. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
2. ^ Gnathophis neocaledoniensis at www.fishbase.org.
3. Karmovskaya, E. S., 2004 Benthopelagic bathyal conger eels of families Congridae and Nettastomatidae from the western tropical Pacific, with descriptions of ten new species. Journal of Ichthyology v. 44 (Suppl. 1): S1-S32.

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