Nettastomatidae
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The duckbill eels or witch eels are a family, Nettastomatidae, of eels.
The name is from Greek netta meaning "duck" and stoma meaning "mouth".
Species
There are about forty species in seven genera:- Genus Facciolella
- * Facciolella castlei Parin & Karmovskaya, 1985.
- * Facciolella equatorialis (Gilbert, 1891).
- * Facciolella gilbertii (Garman, 1899).
- * Facciolella karreri Klausewitz, 1995.
- * Facciola's sorcerer, Facciolella oxyrhyncha (Bellotti, 1883).
- * Facciolella saurencheloides (D'Ancona, 1928).
- Genus Hoplunnis
- * Blacktail pike-conger, Hoplunnis diomediana Goode & Bean, 1896.
- * Freckled pike-conger, Hoplunnis macrura Ginsburg, 1951.
- * Hoplunnis megista Smith & Kanazawa, 1989.
- * Silver pikeconger, Hoplunnis pacifica Lane & Stewart, 1968.
- * Hoplunnis punctata Regan, 1915.
- * Hoplunnis schmidti Kaup, 1860.
- * Hoplunnis sicarius (Garman, 1899).
- * Hoplunnis similis Smith, 1989.
- * Spotted pike-conger, Hoplunnis tenuis Ginsburg, 1951.
- Genus Leptocephalus
- * Leptocephalus bellottii D'Ancona, 1928.
- Genus Nettastoma
- * Nettastoma falcinaris Parin & Karmovskaya, 1985.
- * Blackfin sorcerer, Nettastoma melanurum Rafinesque, 1810.
- * Duckbilled eel, Nettastoma parviceps Günther, 1877.
- * Nettastoma solitarium Castle & Smith, 1981.
- * Nettastoma syntresis Smith & Böhlke, 1981.
- Genus Nettenchelys
- * Nettenchelys dionisi Brito, 1989.
- * Nettenchelys erroriensis Karmovskaya, 1994.
- * Nettenchelys exoria Böhlke & Smith, 1981.
- * Nettenchelys gephyra Castle & Smith, 1981.
- * Nettenchelys inion Smith & Böhlke, 1981.
- * Nettenchelys paxtoni Karmovskaya, 1999.
- * Pygmy pikeconger, Nettenchelys pygmaea Smith & Böhlke, 1981.
- * Nettenchelys taylori Alcock, 1898.
- Genus Saurenchelys
- * Slender sorcerer, Saurenchelys cancrivora Peters, 1864.
- * Longface eel, Saurenchelys cognita Smith, 1989.
- * Saurenchelys fierasfer (Jordan & Snyder, 1901).
- * Saurenchelys finitimus (Whitley, 1935).
- * Saurenchelys lateromaculatus (D'Ancona, 1928).
- * Saurenchelys meteori Klausewitz & Zajonz, 2000.
- * Saurenchelys stylura (Lea, 1913).
- Genus Venefica
- * Venefica multiporosa Karrer, 1982.
- * Venefica ocella Garman, 1899.
- * Whipsnout sorcerer, Venefica proboscidea (Vaillant, 1888).
- * Venefica procera (Goode & Bean, 1883).
- * Venefica tentaculata Garman, 1899.
References
- ["Nettastomatidae"]. FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. January 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
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