Gnathophis nasutus

Gnathophis nasutus (known commonly as the bignose conger^[2]) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).^[3] It was described by Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya and John Richard Paxton in 2000.^[4] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from western Australia, in the eastern Indian Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 80–140 metres.^[3]

Gnathophis nasutus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Congridae
Genus:	Gnathophis
Species:	G. nasutus
Binomial name
Gnathophis nasutus Karmovskaya & Paxton, 2000