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.

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- Salinity
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- Marine Only
- Marine
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom only
- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Soft bottom only
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Sand & gravel
- Mud
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- Data
- Carnivore
- Diet
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- Data
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Bony fishes
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Pelagic larva
- Pelagic
- Global Endemism
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- All species.
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Greater Caribbean endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- GC endemic
- Continent
- All species..
- Continent only
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Least concern
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 35.2
- Depth Range Min
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- 55
- Depth Range Max
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- 110