Description

Vertebrae: 128 - 135. Olive brown dorsally, silvery on head, lighter ventrally. Dusky margin on median fins.

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Anguilliformes

Family: Congridae

Genus: Gnathophis

Species: Gnathophis capensis (Kaup, 1856)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Found in about 100 m depth.

Habitat

demersal