Lowcount Snipe Eel

Avocettina paucipora

Temperate
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Anguilliform
Large
Temperate fish

Avocettina paucipora is an eel in the family Nemichthyidae (snipe eels). It was described by Jørgen G. Nielsen and David G. Smith in 1978. It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling eel which is known from the southwestern Atlantic, southern Indian, and the Pacific Ocean.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Nemichthyidae
Genus: Avocettina
Maximum length: 55 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Southwest Atlantic and southern Indian and Pacific.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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