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Gnathophis tritos
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. tritos
Binomial name
Gnathophis tritos D. G. Smith & Kanazawa, 1977

Gnathophis tritos is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by David G. Smith and Robert H. Kanazawa in 1977. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the Straits of Florida, in the western central Atlantic Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 458–567 meters.

Gnathophis tritos was given its species epithet due to its being the third species in its genus discovered in the western Atlantic.

References

1. Tighe, K.; Smith, D.G.; McCosker, J. (2019). "Gnathophis tritos". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T190487A1953406. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T190487A1953406.en. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
2. ^ Gnathophis tritos at www.fishbase.org.
3. Smith, D. G. and R. H. Kanazawa, 1977 Eight new species and a new genus of congrid eels from the western north Atlantic with redescriptions of Ariosoma analis, Hildebrandia guppyi, and Rhechias vicinalis. Bulletin of Marine Science v. 27 (no. 3): 530-543.

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