Species of fish
Avocettina acuticeps, the southern snipe eel or southern fintail snipe eel,[2] is an eel in the family Nemichthyidae (snipe eels).[3] It was described by Charles Tate Regan in 1916, originally under the genus Leptocephalus.[4] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from throughout the southern regions of the ocean, with the exception of the eastern Pacific. It is known to dwell at a maximum depth of 2,000 metres (6,600 ft). Males can reach a maximum total length of 77 centimetres (30 in).[3]
Avocettina acuticeps is not of commercial interest to fisheries.[3]
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