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Gnathophis tritos Smith & Kanazawa, 1977 |
| Family: | Congridae (Conger and garden eels), subfamily: Congrinae | |||
| Max. size: | ||||
| Environment: | bathydemersal; marine; depth range 458 - 567 m | |||
| Distribution: | Western Central Atlantic: Bahamas, Straits of Florida. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Vertebrae: 136-138. Shorter air bladder compared to the other two western Atlantic species - G. bathytopos and G. bracheatopos. Differs from the former in lacking the extra several elevated lateral-line pores, having only one or two postorbital pores, only five supraorbital pores, only nine preoperculomandibular pores, and having a pale stomach. | |||
| Biology: | ||||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 24 November 2016 Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||