Southern Atlantic conger

Southern Atlantic conger
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae
Genus: Gnathophis
Species: G. capensis
Binomial name
Gnathophis capensis
(Kaup, 1856)
Synonyms[1]
  • Leptocephalus capensis Kaup, 1856
  • Gnatophis capensis (Kaup, 1856) (misspelling)
  • Congermuraena australis Barnard, 1923
  • Ariosoma australis (Barnard, 1923)

The Southern Atlantic conger (Gnathophis capensis, also known as the Southern conger)[2] is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[3] It was described by Johann Jakob Kaup in 1856, originally under the genus Leptocephalus.[4] It is a subtropical, marine eel which is known from the southeastern Atlantic Ocean, including from False Bay to Plettenberg Bay, South Africa and Tristan da Cunha Island. It is known to dwell at a depth of 100 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 37 centimetres.[3]

The Southern conger is preyed upon by Chelidonichthys queketti, Helicolenus dactylopterus, and Sphyrna zygaena.[5] Its own diet consists of benthic crustaceans.[6]

References

  1. Synonyms of Gnathophis capensis at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Common names for Gnathophis capensis at www.fishbase.org.
  3. 1 2 Gnathophis capensis at www.fishbase.org.
  4. Kaup, J. J., 1856 [ref. 2573] Catalogue of the apodal fish in the collection of the British Museum. London. 1-163, Pls. 1-19.
  5. Predators of Gnathophis capensis at www.fishbase.org.
  6. Food items reported for Gnathophis capensis at www.fishbase.org.


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