Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 220 - 258; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 148 - 177; Vertebrae: 127 - 135. Median fins with dark margins; pores 7-15 of lateral line situated along upper margin of canal; eye large, 19.7-25.2% HL; lateral line system: supraorbital 6, infraorbital 8, postorbital 2, preopercular-mandibular 11, 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 smithi Karmovskaya, 1990

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Nocturnal, appears to be resistant to rotenone (Ref. 89357).

Habitat

demersal