Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 227 - 242; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 177 - 204; Vertebrae: 146 - 147. Median fins with light margins; all lateral line pores (except for the 2nd) on the ventral margin of the canal; dorsal fin origin posterior to the bases of the pectorals, its origin above the 12th pore of the lateral line; lateral line system: supraorbital 5, infraorbital 7, postorbital 2, preopercular-mandibular 9, occipital commissure 3 (Ref. 41744).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Anguilliformes

Family: Congridae

Genus: Gnathophis

Species: Gnathophis parini Karmovskaya, 1990

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Maximum length based on a juvenile specimen.

Habitat

bathydemersal