Gnathophis nasutus (known commonly as the bignose congerCommon names for Gnathophis nasutus at www.fishbase.org.) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).Gnathophis nasutus at www.fishbase.org. It was described by Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya and John Richard Paxton in 2000.Karmovskaya, E. S. and J. R. Paxton, 2000 [ref. 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 tropical, marine eel which is known from western Australia, in the eastern Indian Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 80–140 metres.
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