Castle's Conger, Gnathophis castlei Karmovskaya & Paxton 2000



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Bray, D.J. 2022, Gnathophis castlei in Fishes of Australia, accessed 05 Dec 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/3449

Castle's Conger, Gnathophis castlei Karmovskaya & Paxton 2000

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Distribution

Southeast of Swains Reefs, Queensland, to SE of Cape Byron, New South Wales; also Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea. ; subtropical, south-west Pacific.

Species Citation

Gnathophis castlei Karmovskaya & Paxton 2000, Journal of Ichthyology 40(Suppl. 1): S9, fig. 5a. Type locality: off Brisbane, 26°30'S, 153°30'E, Queensland, depth 366 m.

Author

Bray, D.J. 2022

Resources

Atlas of Living Australia

Catalog of Fishes

Castle's Conger, Gnathophis castlei Karmovskaya & Paxton 2000

References


Allen, G.R., Hoese, D.F., Paxton, J.R., Randall, J.E., Russell, B.C., Starck, W.A., Talbot, F.H. & Whitley, G.P. 1976. Annotated checklist of the fishes of Lord Howe Island. Records of the Australian Museum 30(15): 365-454 figs 1-2 

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 44(Suppl. 1): 1-32 

Karmovskaya, E.S. & Paxton, J.P. 2000. Revision of the Australian congrid eels of the genus Gnathophis (Family Congridae), with descriptions of six new species. Journal of Ichthyology 40(Suppl. 1): 1-14

McCosker, J., Tighe, K. & Smith, D.R. 2019. Gnathophis castlei. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T199160A2565249. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199160A2565249.en. Accessed on 27 September 2022.

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CAAB Code:37067029

Conservation:IUCN Least Concern

Depth:131-366 m

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