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Gnathophis Kaup, 1859

125625  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125625)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  8. Actinopteri (Superclass)
  9. Teleostei (Class)
  10. Anguilliformes (Order)
  11. Congridae (Family)
  12. Congrinae (Subfamily)
  13. Gnathophis (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Gnatophis · unaccepted (misspelling)
Lemkea Kotthaus, 1968 · unaccepted
Poutawa Griffin, 1936 · unaccepted

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  1. Species Gnathophis ajithi Kodeeswaran & Karmovskaya, 2025
  2. Species Gnathophis andriashevi Karmovskaya, 1990
  3. Species Gnathophis anilmohapatrai Kodeeswaran & Karmovskaya, 2025
  4. Species Gnathophis arabicus Kodeeswaran & Karmovskaya, 2025
  5. Species Gnathophis asanoi Karmovskaya, 2004
  6. Species Gnathophis bathytopos Smith & Kanazawa, 1977
  7. Species Gnathophis bracheatopos Smith & Kanazawa, 1977
  8. Species Gnathophis capensis (Kaup, 1856)
  9. Species Gnathophis castlei Karmovskaya & Paxton, 2000
  10. Species Gnathophis cinctus (Garman, 1899)
  11. Species Gnathophis codoniphorus Maul, 1972
  12. Species Gnathophis ginanago (Asano, 1958)
  13. Species Gnathophis grahami Karmovskaya & Paxton, 2000
  14. Species Gnathophis habenatus (Richardson, 1848)
  15. Species Gnathophis heterognathos (Bleeker, 1858)
  16. Species Gnathophis heterolinea (Kotthaus, 1968)
  17. Species Gnathophis johnsoni Prokofiev, Frable, Emelianova, Saveleva & Orlov, 2025
  18. Species Gnathophis leptosomatus Karrer, 1983
  19. Species Gnathophis longicauda (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1888)
  20. Species Gnathophis macroporis Karmovskaya & Paxton, 2000
  21. Species Gnathophis melanocoelus Karmovskaya & Paxton, 2000
  22. Species Gnathophis microps Karmovskaya & Paxton, 2000
  23. Species Gnathophis musteliceps (Alcock, 1894)
  24. Species Gnathophis mystax (Delaroche, 1809)
  25. Species Gnathophis nasutus Karmovskaya & Paxton, 2000
  26. Species Gnathophis neocaledoniensis Karmovskaya, 2004
  27. Species Gnathophis nystromi (Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
  28. Species Gnathophis parini Karmovskaya, 1990
  29. Species Gnathophis smithi Karmovskaya, 1990
  30. Species Gnathophis tritos Smith & Kanazawa, 1977
  31. Species Gnathophis umbrellabius (Whitley, 1948)
  32. Species Gnathophis xenica (Matsubara & Ochiai, 1951)
  33. Species Gnathophis catalinensis (Wade, 1946) accepted as Gnathophis cinctus (Garman, 1899)
  34. Species Gnathophis incognitus Castle, 1963 accepted as Gnathophis umbrellabius (Whitley, 1948) (synonym)
  35. Species Gnathophis longicaudus (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1888) accepted as Gnathophis longicauda (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1888) (synonym)
  36. Species Gnathophis umbrellabia (Whitley, 1948) accepted as Gnathophis umbrellabius (Whitley, 1948) (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Gnathophis Kaup, 1859. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125625 on 2026-05-29
Date
action
by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
van der Land, Jacob
2006-09-12 06:54:36Z
changed
Martinez, Olga
2013-01-04 15:09:25Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas
2014-11-21 13:09:37Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 

Other

context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details] 

additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details] 

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

 
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LanguageName 
Japanese ギンアナゴ属  [details]
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To Catalog of Fishes 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gnathophis) 
To Genbank 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gnathophis USNM 409314 photograph lateral view) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gnathophis USNM 409315 photograph head lateral view) 
To ITIS
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