Gnathophis longicauda

Fish

Usual depth35–66 m
Water temperature14–24 °C
Best monthsMarch, April, and May
How commonOccasional

About this species

Gnathophis longicauda, the little conger, little conger eel or silver conger, is an eel in the family Congridae. It was described by Edward Pierson Ramsay and James Douglas Ogilby in 1888, originally under the genus Congromuraena. 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.

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 0 records
February: 20 records
March: 63 records
April: 76 records
May: 52 records
June: 25 records
July: 32 records
August: 29 records
September: 40 records
October: 41 records
November: 32 records
December: 6 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 35–66 m · Deepest record: 126.5 m

10–20 m: 5 records
20–30 m: 7 records
30–40 m: 93 records
40–50 m: 40 records
50–60 m: 158 records
60–70 m: 34 records
70–80 m: 19 records
80–90 m: 1 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 2 records
110–120 m: 0 records
120–130 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 14–24 °C

14–16 °C: 1 records
16–18 °C: 2 records
18–20 °C: 39 records
20–22 °C: 287 records
22–24 °C: 99 records

Names and classification

Other scientific names: Congromuraena longicauda, Gnathophis longicaudus

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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.
431 open-data records from 1920 to 2014.

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