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Family: Nemichthyidae Snipe eels



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9 species (see list below)
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Avocettina acuticeps Southern fintail snipe eel Southern region of all oc 77 TL 1916
Avocettina bowersii Eastern Central Pacific 1899
Avocettina infans Avocet snipe eel Circumglobal 80 TL 1878
Avocettina paucipora Southwest Atlantic and so 55 TL 1978
Labichthys carinatus Shortgut fintail snipe eel Eastern Atlantic 80 TL 1883
Labichthys yanoi Yano's snipe eel Southwest Pacific 1966
Nemichthys curvirostris Pale threadtail snipe eel Worldwide in tropical and 143 TL 1896
Nemichthys larseni Pale snipe eel Eastern Pacific 160.7 TL 1978
Nemichthys scolopaceus Slender snipe eel Worldwide in tropical and 130 TL 1848



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