spoonbill eel

Nessorhamphus ingolfianus

Eel of the South African Coast

Cross-climate
Subtropical
Temperate
Southern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Africa
Europe
Anguilliform
Large

Nessorhamphus ingolfianus, the duckbill oceanic eel, duckbilled eel or Ingolf duckbill eel,) is an eel in the family Derichthyidae (longneck eels). It was described by Johannes Schmidt in 1912. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from France, Morocco, the Cape of Good Hope, and South Africa in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, as well as from the western Atlantic, southwestern Indian, and southwestern Pacific.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Derichthyidae
Genus: Nessorhamphus
Maximum length: 60 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: France to Morocco; off the Cape, South Africa (Ref. 6592 ). Also known from temperate and subtropical latitudes of the western Atlantic, southwestern Indian, and southwest Pacific.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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