Avocet snipe eel

Avocet snipe-eel
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Nemichthyidae
Genus: Avocettina
Species: A. infans
Binomial name
Avocettina infans
Günther, 1878

The avocet snipe-eel (Avocettina infans) is a snipe eel of the family Nemichthyidae, found in all oceans except the Mediterranean and the eastern Pacific, at depths between 50 and 4,500 m. Their length is up to 75 cm.



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