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Gnathophis musteliceps
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Congridae
Genus:	Gnathophis
Species:	G. musteliceps
Binomial name
Gnathophis musteliceps (Alcock, 1894)
Synonyms
Congromuraena musteliceps Alcock, 1894 Bathycongrus musteliceps (Alcock, 1894)

Gnathophis musteliceps is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by Alfred William Alcock in 1894, originally under the genus Congromuraena. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the Bay of Bengal, in the western Indian Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 265–457 metres.

References

1. Tighe, K.; McCosker, J.; Smith, D.R. (2019). "Gnathophis musteliceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T199148A2564170. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199148A2564170.en. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
2. Synonyms of Gnathophis musteliceps at www.fishbase.org.
3. ^ Gnathophis musteliceps at www.fishbase.org.
4. Alcock, A. W., 1894 Natural history notes from H. M. Indian marine survey steamer `Investigator,'... Series II., No. 11. An account of a recent collection of bathybial fishes from the Bay of Bengal and from the Laccadive Sea. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 63 (pt 2): 115-137, Pls. 6-7.

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