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Slender duckbill eel

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Species of fish

Slender duckbill eel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Nettastomatidae
Genus: Hoplunnis
Species: H. punctata
Binomial name
Hoplunnis punctata
Regan, 1915
Synonyms
  • Hoplunnis punctatus Regan, 1915

The slender duckbill eel (Hoplunnis punctata) is an eel in the family Nettastomatidae (duckbill/witch eels). It was described by Charles Tate Regan in 1915. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the Gulf of Guinea, in the eastern Atlantic Ocean. It inhabits the continental shelf and slope. Males can reach a maximum total length of 55.5 centimetres (21.9 in).

References

  1. Synonyms of Hoplunnis punctata at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Common names of Hoplunnis punctata at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ Hoplunnis punctata at www.fishbase.org.
  4. Regan, C. T., 1915 (1 Jan.) A collection of fishes from Lagos. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 8) v. 15 (no. 85): 124-130.
Taxon identifiers
Hoplunnis punctata


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