Nemichthyidae

Bañon, Rafael, Arronte, Juan Carlos, Rodriguez-Cabello, Cristina, Piñeiro, Carmen-Gloria, Punzon, Antonio & Serrano, Alberto, 2016, Commented checklist of marine fishes from the Galicia Bank seamount (NW Spain), Zootaxa 4067 (3), pp. 293-333 : 305

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4067.3.2
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:50B7E074-F212-4193-BFB9-84A1D0A0E03C
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5618874
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AC642D14-3A45-FFC7-34F2-FE7FDC9E29C1
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Nemichthyidae
status

Treatment

Family Nemichthyidae View in CoL View at ENA

Nemichthys scolopaceus Richardson, 1848 —Slender snipe eel

14 specimens were caught at depths between 751 and 896 m. Length data were available for 11 specimens ranging from 60 to 111 cm TL. Habitat and Distribution: mesopelagic and oceanic, from the surface down to depths of 2,500 m, usually between 200–500 m depth. Worldwide in tropical and temperate seas. Vulnerability: DD (IUCN), MHV (FishBase).

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Actinopterygii
Order	Anguilliformes
Family	Nemichthyidae

Specimens

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