Gnathophis bathytopos

Gnathophis bathytopos, the blackgut conger,^[2] is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).^[3] It was described by David G. Smith and Robert H. Kanazawa in 1977.^[4] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the Straits of Florida, USA, and the southeastern Gulf of Mexico, in the western Atlantic Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 180–370 meters. Males can reach a maximum total length of 35 cm (14 in; 1.15 ft).^[3]

Gnathophis bathytopos
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Congridae
Genus:	Gnathophis
Species:	G. bathytopos
Binomial name
Gnathophis bathytopos D. G. Smith & Kanazawa, 1977