Gnathophis habenatus

Fish

Usual depth74–750 m
Water temperature8–28 °C
Best monthsMay
How commonOccasional

Photo credit: (c) Jacqui Geux, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

About this species

Gnathophis habenatus, the little conger eel or silver conger, is a conger of the family Congridae, found on soft bottoms of the continental shelf of the Indian and southwest Pacific Oceans. Length is up to 43 cm.

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 3 records
February: 2 records
March: 1 records
April: 1 records
May: 10 records
June: 5 records
July: 1 records
August: 1 records
September: 0 records
October: 2 records
November: 0 records
December: 5 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 74–750 m · Deepest record: 1,045 m

10–20 m: 2 records
20–30 m: 4 records
30–40 m: 2 records
40–50 m: 5 records
50–60 m: 12 records
60–70 m: 18 records
70–80 m: 17 records
80–90 m: 4 records
90–100 m: 3 records
100–110 m: 2 records
110–120 m: 2 records
120+ m: 386 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 8–28 °C

6–8 °C: 14 records
8–10 °C: 26 records
10–12 °C: 77 records
12–14 °C: 209 records
14–16 °C: 90 records
16–18 °C: 71 records
18–20 °C: 1 records
20–22 °C: 13 records
22–24 °C: 0 records
24–26 °C: 2 records
26–28 °C: 2 records

Names and classification

Other scientific names: Ariosoma habenata, Congrus habenatus, Poutawa habenata

Similar species

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
507 open-data records from 1898 to 2016.

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