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Nettastomatidae
Nettenchelys inion
Nettenchelys inion
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Central America and the Caribbean
- Anguilliform
- Medium
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Anguilliform
MediumNettenchelys inion is an eel in the family Nettastomatidae (duckbill/witch eels). It was described by David G. Smith and James Erwin Böhlke in 1981. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from a single specimen discovered near North Bimini Marine Protected Area in 1964.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- True Eels
- Family
- Nettastomatidae
- Genus
- Nettenchelys
- Maximum length
- 42.3 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- anguilliform
- Distribution
- Western Central Atlantic: Bahamas.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Water
Conservation status