Duckbill Eel

Hoplunnis schmidti

Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
South America
Anguilliform
Tropical fish

Hoplunnis schmidti is an eel in the family Nettastomatidae (duckbill/witch eels). It was described by Johann Jakob Kaup in 1860. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from Venezuela, in the western central Atlantic Ocean.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Nettastomatidae
Genus: Hoplunnis
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Western Central Atlantic: Venezuela.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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