Conger eel

Gnathophis nystromi

Fish

Usual depth60–2,938 m
Water temperature16–28 °C
Best monthsJanuary and September
How commonRare

About this species

Gnathophis nystromi is an eel in the family Congridae. It was described by David Starr Jordan and John Otterbein Snyder in 1901, originally under the genus Leptocephalus. It contains two subspecies, Gnathophis nystromi nystromi, and Gnathophis nystromi ginanago, which was described by Hirotoshi Asano in 1958, originally under the genus Rhynchocymba.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Gnathophis nystromi”, 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: 4 records
February: 0 records
March: 0 records
April: 0 records
May: 0 records
June: 0 records
July: 2 records
August: 0 records
September: 6 records
October: 1 records
November: 0 records
December: 0 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 60–2,938 m · Deepest record: 2,958.5 m

0–10 m: 1 records
10–20 m: 0 records
20–30 m: 0 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 1 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 1 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 14 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 16–28 °C

14–16 °C: 1 records
16–18 °C: 0 records
18–20 °C: 0 records
20–22 °C: 4 records
22–24 °C: 7 records
24–26 °C: 10 records
26–28 °C: 5 records
28–30 °C: 2 records

Names and classification

English: Conger eel

Other scientific names: Arisoma nystromi, Conger nystromi, Leptocephalus nystromi, Rhynchocymba nystromi

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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.
31 open-data records from 1900 to 2010.

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