''Gnathophis macroporis'', the largepore conger,''Gnathophis macroporis''
at www.fishbase.org. 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 macroporis''
at www.fishbase.org. It was described by

Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya Emma may refer to: * Emma (given name) Film * ''Emma'' (1932 film), a comedy-drama film by Clarence Brown * ''Emma'' (1996 theatrical film), a film starring Gwyneth Paltrow * ''Emma'' (1996 TV film), a British television film starring Kate Be ...

and

John Richard Paxton John Richard Paxton (born 1938) is a United States-born Australian ichthyologist, who spent most of his career at the Australian Museum. He has a particular research interest in lanternfishes (family Myctophidae) and other deep-sea fishes. Pax ...

in 2000.Karmovskaya, E. S. and J. R. Paxton 2000 ef. 25768''Revision of the Australian congrid eels of the genus Gnathophis (family Congridae), with descriptions of six new species.'' Journal of Ichthyology v. 40 (Suppl. 1): S1-S14. It is a marine,

temperate In geography, the temperate climates of Earth occur in the middle latitudes (23.5° to 66.5° N/S of Equator), which span between the tropics and the polar regions of Earth. These zones generally have wider temperature ranges throughout t ...

water-dwelling eel which is known from

Victoria, Australia Victoria is a state in southeastern Australia. It is the second-smallest state with a land area of , the second most populated state (after New South Wales) with a population of over 6.5 million, and the most densely populated state in Au ...

, in the eastern

Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia to the east. To the south it is bounded by th ...

. It is known to dwell at a depth of 164 metres.

References

macroporis Taxa named by Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya Taxa named by John Richard Paxton Fish described in 2000 {{Congridae-stub