Gnathophis tritos

Gnathophis tritos is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).^[2] It was described by David G. Smith and Robert H. Kanazawa in 1977.^[3] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the Straits of Florida, in the western central Atlantic Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 458–567 meters.^[2]

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

Gnathophis tritos was given its species epithet due to its being the third species in its genus discovered in the western Atlantic.^[2]