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🐟 Three new species of deep-sea conger eel - Gnathophis kbalanensis (displayed), G. melanurum and G. nanhaiensis - have been discovered in the waters off Taiwan, bringing the total number of Gnathophis eels now known from Taiwanese waters to five!

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Read more in @zookeys.pensoft.net: doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1287.183842 Our blog post: blog.pensoft.net/2026/10/07/t...

doi.orgThe congrid eel genus Gnathophis in Taiwan (Anguilliformes, Congridae), with descriptions of three new speciesThe genus Gnathophis differs from other genera of Congridae in having a moderately blunt and rounded tail tip and a slightly hardened tail extremity. The fleshy tip of the snout extends distinctly for...

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