Shortnose Witch Eel

Venefica procera

Fish Reaching One Hundred Nine Centimeters in Western Central Atlantic

Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Central America and the Caribbean
North America
South America
Anguilliform
Large

Venefica procera is an eel in the family Nettastomatidae (duckbill/witch eels). It was described by George Brown Goode and Tarleton Hoffman Bean in 1883, originally under the genus Nettastoma. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the western central Atlantic Ocean, including North Carolina, USA, Suriname, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Nettastomatidae
Genus: Venefica
Maximum length: 109 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Western Central Atlantic: North Carolina, USA to Suriname, including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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