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iNat·611977SpeciesActinopterygii0 field observations
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  2. ›Chordates
  3. ›Vertebrates
  4. ›Ray-finned Fishes
  5. ›Tarpons, Eels, and Allies
  6. ›True Eels
  7. ›Congroidei
  8. ›Congers and Garden Eels
  9. ›Typical Congers
  10. ›Gnathophis
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Gnathophis leptosomatus

Gnathophis leptosomatus is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by Christine Karrer in 1983. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from Madagascar, in the western Indian Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 420–428 metres.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 611977.