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

Gnathophis bathytopos, the blackgut conger, 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, USA, and the southeastern Gulf of Mexico, in the western Atlantic Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 180–370 meters. Males can reach a maximum total length of 35 cm (14 in; 1.15 ft).

References

1. Smith, D.G.; Tighe, K.; McCosker, J. (2019). "Gnathophis bathytopos". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T199338A2584565. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199338A2584565.en. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
2. Common names for Gnathophis bathytopos Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine at www.fishbase.org.
3. ^ Gnathophis bathytopos at www.fishbase.org.
4. 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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