''Gnathophis microps'', the smalleye conger,Common names for ''Gnathophis microps''
at www.fishbase.org. is an

eel Eels are ray-finned fish belonging to the order Anguilliformes (), which consists of eight suborders, 20 families, 164 genera, and about 1000 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 in ...

(conger/garden eels).''Gnathophis microps''
at www.fishbase.org. It was described by Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya and

John Richard Paxton John Richard Paxton (16 January 1938 – 29 October 2023) was 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 o ...

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, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from western

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...

, in the eastern

Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or approximately 20% of the water area of Earth#Surface, Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia (continent), ...

. It dwells at a depth range of 200–320 metres.

References

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