Gnathophis heterolinea

Gnathophis heterolinea is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).^[3] It was described by Adolf Kotthaus in 1968, originally under the genus Lemkea.^[4] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from Mombasa, Kenya, in the western Indian Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 177–243 metres.^[3]

Gnathophis heterolinea
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Congridae
Genus:	Gnathophis
Species:	G. heterolinea
Binomial name
Gnathophis heterolinea (Kotthaus, 1968)
Synonyms[2]
Lemkea heterolinea Kotthaus, 1968