Slender duckbill eel

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[1]
  • Hoplunnis punctatus Regan, 1915

The slender duckbill eel[2] (Hoplunnis punctata) is an eel in the family Nettastomatidae (duckbill/witch eels).[3] It was described by Charles Tate Regan in 1915.[4] 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).[3]

References

  1. ^ Synonyms of Hoplunnis punctata at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ Common names of Hoplunnis punctata at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ a b Hoplunnis punctata at www.fishbase.org.
  4. ^ Regan, C. T., 1915 (1 Jan.) [ref. 15006] A collection of fishes from Lagos. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 8) v. 15 (no. 85): 124-130.


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