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).

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