Description

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Anguilliformes

Family: Congridae

Genus: Gnathophis

Species: Gnathophis mystax (Delaroche, 1809)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Found on muddy or sandy bottoms of the continental slope. Adults feed on benthic invertebrates and probably small fishes.

Habitat

demersal