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Nettastomatidae
Nettenchelys erroriensis
Nettenchelys erroriensis
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Indian Ocean
- Anguilliform
- Medium
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Anguilliform
MediumNettenchelys erroriensis is an eel in the family Nettastomatidae (duckbill/witch eels). It was described by Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya in 1994. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from Error Seamount (from which its species epithet is derived), in the western Indian Ocean.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- True Eels
- Family
- Nettastomatidae
- Genus
- Nettenchelys
- Maximum length
- 33.5 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- anguilliform
- Distribution
- Western Indian Ocean: Error Seamount, Socotra Archipelago.
- Conservation status
- DDData Deficient
Class
Family
Water
Conservation status