Nettastomatidae

longface eel

Saurenchelys cognita

Eel Reaching Thirty Six Centimeters

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• North America
• Anguilliform
• Medium
• Tropical fish

The longface eel (Saurenchelys cognita) is an eel in the family Nettastomatidae (duckbill/witch eels). It was described by David G. Smith in 1989. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the western central Atlantic Ocean, including North Carolina and Florida, USA, the northwestern Gulf of Mexico, and Mobile Bay.