Description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 181 - 191; Anal soft rays: 128 - 132; Vertebrae: 121 - 131. Diagnosis: Unpaired fins with dark margins. Second lateral line pore and pores above the pectoral fin from 7th-8th to 11th-15th elevated. Vertebrae 121-131; trunk vertebrae 38-40. Lateral line pores to anus 30-33. Supraorbital canal 6; suborbital canal 8; preoperculomandibular canal 10; occipital commissure 3. Swim bladder reaches slightly behind the anus; stomach dark, while intestine and peritoneum are dark (Ref. 54804).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Anguilliformes

Family: Congridae

Genus: Gnathophis

Species: Gnathophis heterognathos (Bleeker, 1858)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

benthopelagic