Umbrella conger

Umbrella conger

Taxobox | name = Umbrella conger


image_caption =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Aulopiformes
familia = Congridae
genus = "Gnathophis"
species = "G. umbrellabius"
binomial = "Gnathophis umbrellabius"
binomial_authority = Kaup, 1856

The umbrella conger, "Gnathophis umbrellabius", is a conger of the family "Congridae", found on soft bottoms of the continental shelf of the southwest Pacific Ocean. Length is up to 45 cm.

The umbrella conger is similar to other conger eels including the silver conger, the small differences being an overall green colouring above instead of olive-grey, a more slender body, and a longer tail. The large eyes are silver, as are the gills.

References

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* Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, "Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand", (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8


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