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Duck-billed eel (Nettastoma parviceps)
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Duck-billed eel (Nettastoma parviceps) specimen
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Nettastomatidae

Duck-billed eel

Nettastoma parviceps

Eighty Two Centimeters Eel

  • Near the Equator
  • Southern Hemisphere
  • Transcontinental
  • Marine fish
  • Indian Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Africa
  • East Asia
  • Oceania
  • South America
  • Anguilliform
  • Large

Duck-billed eel is known around Indo-Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and records give a maximum length of 82 cm.

Maximum length
82 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
anguilliform
Distribution
Indo-Pacific: bitemperate distribution, recorded from Japan, Hawaii, eastern Australia, and southeastern Africa. Southeast Pacific: Chile (Ref. 9068 ). Rare or absent in equatorial waters.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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