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Gnathophis parini
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. parini
Binomial name
Gnathophis parini Karmovskaya, 1990
Synonyms
Gnatophis parini Karmovskaya, 1990 (misspelling)

Gnathophis parini is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya in 1990. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the Sala y Gomez Ridge, in the southeastern Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 540–560 metres. The maximum known total length, based on a juvenile specimen, is 13.7 centimetres.

The species epithet "parini" refers to N.V. Parin.

References

1. Tighe, K.; Smith, D.G.; McCosker, J. (2019). "Gnathophis parini". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T199386A2589904. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199386A2589904.en. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
2. Synonyms of Gnathophis parini at www.fishbase.org.
3. ^ Gnathophis parini at www.fishbase.org.
4. Karmovskaya, E. S., 1990 New species of conger eels (Congridae) from southeastern Pacific Seamounts. Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 30 (no. 5): 764-772.

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