Nettastomatidae

Longnose Witch Eel

Venefica tentaculata

Eel beneath Central American Waters

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Pacific Ocean
• Central America and the Caribbean
• East Asia
• North America
• Anguilliform
• Large
• Tropical fish

Venefica tentaculata is an eel in the family Nettastomatidae (duckbill/witch eels). It was described by Samuel Garman in 1899. It is a marine, subtropical eel which is known from the eastern central and northwestern Pacific Ocean, including Mexico, Nicaragua, Japan, and the United States.