Gnathophis grahami, or Graham's conger,Common names for Gnathophis grahami at www.fishbase.org is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).Gnathophis grahami 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 subtropical, marine eel which is known from New South Wales, Australia, in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 50–350 metres.
Etymology The fish is named in honor of Kenneth Graham (b. 1947), with the New South Wales Fisheries, who provided the type specimen of this species and other east coast specimens to the Australian Museum.
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