Gnathophis longicauda

Not to be confused with little conger eel.

Gnathophis longicauda, the little conger, little conger eel or silver conger,^[3] is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).^[4] It was described by Edward Pierson Ramsay and James Douglas Ogilby in 1888, originally under the genus Congromuraena.^[5] It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling eel which is endemic to Australia, in the Indo-West Pacific. It dwells at a depth range of 2–99 metres, and inhabits the continental shelf and slope.^[4]

Gnathophis longicauda
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Congridae
Genus:	Gnathophis
Species:	G. longicauda
Binomial name
Gnathophis longicauda (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1888)
Synonyms[2]
Congromuraena longicauda Ramsay & Ogilby, 1888 Gnathophis longicaudus (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1888)