''Gnathophis codoniphorus'' is an

eel Eels are ray-finned fish belonging to the order Anguilliformes (), which consists of eight suborders, 19 families, 111 genera, and about 800 species. Eels undergo considerable development from the early larval stage to the eventual adult stage ...

in the family

Congridae The Congridae are the family of conger and garden eels. Congers are valuable and often large food fishes, while garden eels live in colonies, all protruding from the sea floor after the manner of plants in a garden (thus the name). The family i ...

(conger/garden eels).''Gnathophis codoniphorus''
at www.fishbase.org. It was described by

Günther Maul Günther Edmund Maul (May 7, 1909 – September 28, 1997) was a German ichthyologist and taxidermist in Portugal. Maul came to Madeira in December 1930 to work as taxidermist at Museu Municipal do Funchal, which opened to the public in 1933. He wa ...

in 1972.Maul, G. E., 1972 ef. 7628''On a new species of eel of the genus Gnathophis (Apodes, Congridae) from the Meteor Seamount.'' Bocagiana. Museu Municipal do Funchal (História Natural) No. 31: 1-7. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the Azorean slope at the

Great Meteor Seamount The Great Meteor Seamount, also called the Great Meteor Tablemount, is a guyot and the largest seamount in the North Atlantic with a volume of . It is one of the Seewarte Seamounts, rooted on a large terrace located south of the Azores Plateau. Th ...

, in the northeastern

Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe ...

. It dwells at a depth range of .

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codoniphorus Taxa named by Günther Maul Fish described in 1972 {{Congridae-stub