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Class: Teleostei
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Nettastomatidae Duckbill eels

Genus: Saurenchelys

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10 species (see list below)
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Saurenchelys cancrivora Slender sorcerer Eastern Atlantic 65 TL 1864
Saurenchelys cognita Longface eel Western Central Atlantic 36 TL 1989
Saurenchelys elongata Western Indian Ocean 32 TL 1968
Saurenchelys fierasfer Western Pacific 50 TL 1901
Saurenchelys finitima Whitsunday wire eel Western Pacific 1935
Saurenchelys halimyon Atlantic Ocean. 18.4 TL 1983
Saurenchelys lateromaculata Indo-West Pacific 1928
Saurenchelys meteori Western Indian Ocean 44.2 TL 2000
Saurenchelys stylura Pillar wire eel Western Pacific. 1913
Saurenchelys taiwanensis Western Pacific 34.2 TL 2004



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cfm script by eagbayani, 30.11.04, ,  php script by cmilitante, 05/11/2010 ,  last modified by cmilitante, 14/03/2013