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Family: Nettastomatidae Duckbill eels



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42 species (see list below)

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Southeast Pacific
 
Facciolella castlei
[]
No picture found
Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 90 cm TL
 
Facciolella equatorialis
[Dogface witch eel]
No picture found
Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 61 cm TL
 
Facciolella gilbertii
[Dogface witch-eel]
No picture found
Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 36.1 cm TL
 
Facciolella karreri
[]

Photo by Wirtz, P.

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 64.9 cm SL
Facciolella oxyrhyncha (Bellotti, 1883)

Photo by Wirtz, P.
 
Facciolella oxyrhyncha
[Facciola's sorcerer]
No picture found
Western Indian Ocean
 
Facciolella saurencheloides
[]

Photo by JAMARC

Western Atlantic.
Max. Length 36.6 cm TL
Hoplunnis diomediana Goode & Bean, 1896

Photo by JAMARC
 
Hoplunnis diomediana
[Blacktail pikeconger]

Photo by NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory

Western Central Atlantic
Max. Length 54.2 cm TL
Hoplunnis macrura Ginsburg, 1951

Photo by NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory
 
Hoplunnis macrura
[Freckled pike-conger]
No picture found
Western Central Atlantic
Max. Length 91.7 cm TL
 
Hoplunnis megista
[]
No picture found
Eastern Pacific. Needs a
Max. Length 125 cm TL
 
Hoplunnis pacifica
[Silver pikeconger]
No picture found
Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 55.5 cm TL
 
Hoplunnis punctata
[Slender duckbill eel]
No picture found
Western Central Atlantic
 
Hoplunnis schmidti
[]
No picture found
Eastern Central Pacific
 
Hoplunnis sicarius
[]
No picture found
Western Central Atlantic
Max. Length 49.3 cm TL
 
Hoplunnis similis
[]

Photo by Figueiredo, J.L./Menezes, N.A.

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 46 cm TL
Hoplunnis tenuis Ginsburg, 1951

Photo by Figueiredo, J.L./Menezes, N.A.
 
Hoplunnis tenuis
[Spotted pike-conger]
No picture found
Western Indian Ocean
 
Leptocephalus bellottii
[]
No picture found
Southeast Pacific
 
Nettastoma falcinaris
[]

Photo by Serrano, A.

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 79.8 cm TL
Nettastoma melanurum Rafinesque, 1810

Photo by Serrano, A.
 
Nettastoma melanurum
[Blackfin sorcerer]

Photo by SFSA

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 82 cm TL
Nettastoma parviceps Günther, 1877

Photo by SFSA
 
Nettastoma parviceps
[Duck-billed eel]

Photo by Shao, K.T.

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 46.5 cm TL
Nettastoma solitarium Castle & Smith, 1981

Photo by Shao, K.T.
 
Nettastoma solitarium
[Solitary duckbill eel]
No picture found
Western Central Atlantic
Max. Length 55 cm SL
 
Nettastoma syntresis
[]
No picture found
Eastern Central Atlantic
Max. Length 62 cm TL
 
Nettenchelys dionisi
[]
No picture found
Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 33.5 cm TL
 
Nettenchelys erroriensis
[]
No picture found
Western Central Atlantic
Max. Length 46.7 cm TL
 
Nettenchelys exoria
[]
No picture found
Western Pacific
Max. Length 43.1 cm TL
 
Nettenchelys gephyra
[Bridge duckbill eel]
No picture found
Western Central Atlantic
Max. Length 42.3 cm TL
 
Nettenchelys inion
[]
No picture found
Western Pacific
Max. Length 24.8 cm TL
 
Nettenchelys paxtoni
[]
No picture found
Western Central Atlantic
Max. Length 20.1 cm TL
 
Nettenchelys pygmaea
[Pygmy pikeconger]
No picture found
Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 53.3 cm TL
 
Nettenchelys taylori
[]
No picture found
Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 65 cm TL
 
Saurenchelys cancrivora
[Slender sorcerer]
No picture found
Western Central Atlantic
Max. Length 36 cm TL
 
Saurenchelys cognita
[Longface eel]

Photo by Shao, K.T.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 50 cm TL
Saurenchelys fierasfer (Jordan & Snyder, 1901)

Photo by Shao, K.T.
 
Saurenchelys fierasfer
[]
No picture found
Western Pacific
 
Saurenchelys finitimus
[Whitsunday wire eel]
No picture found
Indo-West Pacific
 
Saurenchelys lateromaculatus
[]
No picture found
Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 44.2 cm TL
 
Saurenchelys meteori
[]
No picture found
Western Pacific.
 
Saurenchelys stylura
[Pillar wire eel]

Photo by National Museum of Marine Science and Technology, Taiwan

Western Pacific
Max. Length 34.2 cm TL
Saurenchelys taiwanensis Karmovskaya, 2004

Photo by National Museum of Marine Science and Technology, Taiwan
 
Saurenchelys taiwanensis
[]

Photo by MNHN

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 70 cm TL
Venefica multiporosa Karrer, 1983

Photo by MNHN
 
Venefica multiporosa
[]
No picture found
Eastern Pacific.
 
Venefica ocella
[]

Photo by SFSA

Worldwide in tropical, su
Max. Length 100 cm TL
Venefica proboscidea (Vaillant, 1888)

Photo by SFSA
 
Venefica proboscidea
[Whipsnout sorcerer]
No picture found
Western Central Atlantic
Max. Length 108.8 cm TL
 
Venefica procera
[]
No picture found
Western Pacific
Max. Length 90 cm TL
 
Venefica tentaculata
[]
42 Species of Family Nettastomatidae
(Duckbill eels)
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Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
1985 Facciolella castlei Southeast Pacific
1891 Facciolella equatorialis Dogface witch eel Eastern Central Pacific 90 TL
1899 Facciolella gilbertii Dogface witch-eel Eastern Central Pacific 61 TL
1995 Facciolella karreri Western Indian Ocean 36.1 TL
1883 Facciolella oxyrhyncha Facciola's sorcerer Eastern Atlantic 64.9 SL
1928 Facciolella saurencheloides Western Indian Ocean
1896 Hoplunnis diomediana Blacktail pikeconger Western Atlantic. 36.6 TL
1951 Hoplunnis macrura Freckled pike-conger Western Central Atlantic 54.2 TL
1989 Hoplunnis megista Western Central Atlantic 91.7 TL
1968 Hoplunnis pacifica Silver pikeconger Eastern Pacific. Needs a 125 TL
1915 Hoplunnis punctata Slender duckbill eel Eastern Atlantic 55.5 TL
1859 Hoplunnis schmidti Western Central Atlantic
1899 Hoplunnis sicarius Eastern Central Pacific
1989 Hoplunnis similis Western Central Atlantic 49.3 TL
1951 Hoplunnis tenuis Spotted pike-conger Western Atlantic 46 TL
1928 Leptocephalus bellottii Western Indian Ocean
1985 Nettastoma falcinaris Southeast Pacific
1810 Nettastoma melanurum Blackfin sorcerer Eastern Atlantic 79.8 TL
1877 Nettastoma parviceps Duck-billed eel Indo-Pacific 82 TL
1981 Nettastoma solitarium Solitary duckbill eel Indo-West Pacific 46.5 TL
1981 Nettastoma syntresis Western Central Atlantic 55 SL
1989 Nettenchelys dionisi Eastern Central Atlantic 62 TL
1994 Nettenchelys erroriensis Western Indian Ocean 33.5 TL
1981 Nettenchelys exoria Western Central Atlantic 46.7 TL
1981 Nettenchelys gephyra Bridge duckbill eel Western Pacific 43.1 TL
1981 Nettenchelys inion Western Central Atlantic 42.3 TL
1999 Nettenchelys paxtoni Western Pacific 24.8 TL
1981 Nettenchelys pygmaea Pygmy pikeconger Western Central Atlantic 20.1 TL
1898 Nettenchelys taylori Western Indian Ocean 53.3 TL
1864 Saurenchelys cancrivora Slender sorcerer Eastern Atlantic 65 TL
1989 Saurenchelys cognita Longface eel Western Central Atlantic 36 TL
1901 Saurenchelys fierasfer Western Pacific 50 TL
1935 Saurenchelys finitimus Whitsunday wire eel Western Pacific
1928 Saurenchelys lateromaculatus Indo-West Pacific
2000 Saurenchelys meteori Western Indian Ocean 44.2 TL
1913 Saurenchelys stylura Pillar wire eel Western Pacific.
2004 Saurenchelys taiwanensis Western Pacific 34.2 TL
1982 Venefica multiporosa Indo-West Pacific 70 TL
1899 Venefica ocella Eastern Pacific.
1888 Venefica proboscidea Whipsnout sorcerer Worldwide in tropical, su 100 TL
1883 Venefica procera Western Central Atlantic 108.8 TL
1899 Venefica tentaculata Western Pacific 90 TL



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