Species: Gnathophis bracheatopos, Longeye Conger

Gnathophis bracheatopos Smith & Kanazawa, 1977

Longeye Conger

Head and body 36-40% of TL; head pointed; snout long, overhanging, with ventral keel; eye large, well back on head; front nostril a tube pointing down and forwards, rear nostril an oval hole immediately before eye; mouth ~horizontal, top lip with narrow flange; teeth simple, conical, in bands on both jaws; length of elongate tooth patch at front roof of mouth ~1/3 that of jaw tooth bands; top of gill opening below top of pectoral fin base; pectorals well developed, base short, ends above gill opening; dorsal fin origin over or slightly behind base of pectoral fin; dorsal and anal fins with segmented rays, confluent with tail fin; tail tip slightly stiff, with small fin; lateral line complete, only 2nd and at least one other pore of lateral line elevated, 26-31 lateral line pores before anus.

Preserved fish brownish; dorsal and anal fin rays dark; rear of dorsal and anal fins and tail fin black; stomach pale.

Reaches 35.2 cm.

Pm soft bottoms.

Depth range: 55-110 m.

S Carolina to the Gulf of Mexico.