Gnathophis melanocoelus

Fish

Usual depth106–280 m
Water temperature18–28 °C
Best monthsOctober and December
How commonRare

About this species

Gnathophis melanocoelus is an eel in the family Congridae. It was described by Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya and John Richard Paxton in 2000. It is a subtropical, marine eel which is known from western Australia, in the eastern Indian Ocean. It is known to dwell at a depth of 156 metres.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Gnathophis melanocoelus”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 0 records
February: 0 records
March: 0 records
April: 2 records
May: 0 records
June: 1 records
July: 0 records
August: 0 records
September: 0 records
October: 8 records
November: 0 records
December: 7 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 106–280 m · Deepest record: 280 m

100–110 m: 2 records
110–120 m: 0 records
120–130 m: 0 records
130–140 m: 7 records
140–150 m: 0 records
150–160 m: 0 records
160–170 m: 0 records
170–180 m: 0 records
180–190 m: 3 records
190–200 m: 4 records
200–210 m: 1 records
210+ m: 2 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 18–28 °C

18–20 °C: 7 records
20–22 °C: 8 records
22–24 °C: 1 records
24–26 °C: 3 records
26–28 °C: 0 records
28–30 °C: 1 records

Names and classification

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.
20 open-data records from 1963 to 2015.

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