''Nemichthys'' is a genus of
eel
Eels are ray-finned fish belonging to the order Anguilliformes (), which consists of eight suborders, 19 families, 111 genera, and about 800 species. Eels undergo considerable development from the early larval stage to the eventual adult stage ...
s in the snipe-eel family
Nemichthyidae
Snipe eels are a family, Nemichthyidae, of eels that consists of nine species in three genera. They are pelagic fishes, found in every ocean, mostly at depths of but sometimes as deep as . Depending on the species, adults may reach in length, y ...
. It currently contains the following species:
* ''
Nemichthys curvirostris''
( Strömman, 1896) (boxer snipe-eel)
* ''
Nemichthys larseni''
J. G. Nielsen & D. G. Smith, 1978
* ''
Nemichthys scolopaceus''
J. Richardson, 1848 (slender snipe-eel)
References
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Nemichthyidae
Ray-finned fish genera
Taxa named by Theodore Gill
Taxa named by John A. Ryder
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