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Nettastomatidae
Hoplunnis megista
Hoplunnis megista
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Central America and the Caribbean
- Anguilliform
- Large
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Anguilliform
LargeHoplunnis megista is an eel in the family Nettastomatidae (duckbill/witch eels). It was described by David G. Smith and Robert H. Kanazawa in 1989. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the western central Atlantic Ocean, including Nicaragua and Panama.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- True Eels
- Family
- Nettastomatidae
- Genus
- Hoplunnis
- Maximum length
- 91.7 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- anguilliform
- Distribution
- Western Central Atlantic: Nicaragua and Panama.
- Conservation status
- DDData Deficient
Class
Family
Water
Conservation status
