Gnathophis xenica

Gnathophis xenica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Congridae
Genus:	Gnathophis
Species:	G. xenica
Binomial name
	Gnathophis xenica; (Matsubara & Ochiai, 1951)
Synonyms[1]
	Arisoma nystromi xenica Matsubara & Ochiai, 1951;

Gnathophis xenica is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[2] It was described by Kiyomatsu Matsubara and Akira Ochiai in 1951, originally as a subspecies of Arisoma nystromi.[3] It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling eel which is known from Japan, in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. Males can reach a maximum total length of 32 centimetres.[2]

References

Synonyms of Gnathophis xenica at www.fishbase.org.
Gnathophis xenica at www.fishbase.org.
Matsubara, K. and A. Ochiai, 1951 [ref. 12898] On the conger eels related to Arisoma nystromi (Jordan et Snyder) found in the waters of Japan and China. Memoirs of the College of Agriculture Kyoto University No. 59: 1-18.

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[1] Synonyms of Gnathophis xenica at www.fishbase.org.

[Fishbase-2] Gnathophis xenica at www.fishbase.org.

[Matsubara_&_Ochiai,_1951-3] Matsubara, K. and A. Ochiai, 1951 [ref. 12898] On the conger eels related to Arisoma nystromi (Jordan et Snyder) found in the waters of Japan and China. Memoirs of the College of Agriculture Kyoto University No. 59: 1-18.