Gnathophis bracheatopos, the longeye conger, is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).Common names for Gnathophis bracheatopos at www.fishbase.org.Gnathophis bracheatopos at www.fishbase.org. It was described by David G. Smith and Robert H. Kanazawa in 1977.Smith, D. G., and R. H. Kanazawa, 1977 [ref. 4036] Eight new species and a new genus of congrid eels from the western north Atlantic with redescriptions of Ariosoma analis, Hildebrandia guppyi, and Rhechias vicinalis. Bulletin of Marine Science v. 27 (no. 3): 530–543. It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the United States (South Carolina to Florida) and the eastern Gulf of Mexico, in the western Atlantic Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 55–110 meters. Males can reach a maximum total length of 35 centimeters.
