Nettastomatidae Totally Explained

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The duckbill eels or witch eels are a family, Nettastomatidae, of eels.
The name is from Greek netta meaning "duck" and stoma meaning "mouth".

Species

There are about forty species in seven genera:

Genus Facciolella
- Facciolella castlei Parin & Karmovskaya, 1985.
- Facciolella equatorialis (Gilbert, 1891).
- Facciolella gilbertii (Garman, 1899).
- Facciolella karreri Klausewitz, 1995.
- Facciola's sorcerer, Facciolella oxyrhyncha (Bellotti, 1883).
- Facciolella saurencheloides (D'Ancona, 1928).
Genus Hoplunnis
- Blacktail pike-conger, Hoplunnis diomediana Goode & Bean, 1896.
- Freckled pike-conger, Hoplunnis macrura Ginsburg, 1951.
- Hoplunnis megista Smith & Kanazawa, 1989.
- Silver pikeconger, Hoplunnis pacifica Lane & Stewart, 1968.
- Hoplunnis punctata Regan, 1915.
- Hoplunnis schmidti Kaup, 1860.
- Hoplunnis sicarius (Garman, 1899).
- Hoplunnis similis Smith, 1989.
- Spotted pike-conger, Hoplunnis tenuis Ginsburg, 1951.
Genus Leptocephalus
- Leptocephalus bellottii D'Ancona, 1928.
Genus Nettastoma
- Nettastoma falcinaris Parin & Karmovskaya, 1985.
- Blackfin sorcerer, Nettastoma melanurum Rafinesque, 1810.
- Duckbilled eel, Nettastoma parviceps Günther, 1877.
- Nettastoma solitarium Castle & Smith, 1981.
- Nettastoma syntresis Smith & Böhlke, 1981.
Genus Nettenchelys
- Nettenchelys dionisi Brito, 1989.
- Nettenchelys erroriensis Karmovskaya, 1994.
- Nettenchelys exoria Böhlke & Smith, 1981.
- Nettenchelys gephyra Castle & Smith, 1981.
- Nettenchelys inion Smith & Böhlke, 1981.
- Nettenchelys paxtoni Karmovskaya, 1999.
- Pygmy pikeconger, Nettenchelys pygmaea Smith & Böhlke, 1981.
- Nettenchelys taylori Alcock, 1898.
Genus Saurenchelys
- Slender sorcerer, Saurenchelys cancrivora Peters, 1864.
- Longface eel, Saurenchelys cognita Smith, 1989.
- Saurenchelys fierasfer (Jordan & Snyder, 1901).
- Saurenchelys finitimus (Whitley, 1935).
- Saurenchelys lateromaculatus (D'Ancona, 1928).
- Saurenchelys meteori Klausewitz & Zajonz, 2000.
- Saurenchelys stylura (Lea, 1913).
Genus Venefica
- Venefica multiporosa Karrer, 1982.
- Venefica ocella Garman, 1899.
- Whipsnout sorcerer, Venefica proboscidea (Vaillant, 1888).
- Venefica procera (Goode & Bean, 1883).
- Venefica tentaculata Garman, 1899.

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