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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderAnguilliformes
  4. ›familyCongridae
  5. ›genusGnathophis
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Gnathophis xenica

Gnathophis xenica (Matsubara & Ochiai, 1951)

Also calledHimegin-anago (jpn) · úhořovec čibský (ces) · ヒメギンアナゴ (jpn) · 外來頜吻糯鰻 (zho) · 尖尾頜吻糯鰻 (zho) · 尖尾頜吻鰻 (zho) · 沙鰻 (zho) · 海鰻 (zho) · 穴子鰻 (zho) · 糯米鰻 (zho) · 臭腥鰻 (zho)

Gnathophis xenica is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by Kiyomatsu Matsubara and Akira Ochiai in 1951, originally as a subspecies of Arisoma nystromi. It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling eel which is known from Japan, in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. Males can reach a maximum total length of 32 centimeters.

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2403306.