Frontier Pikeconger

Nettenchelys exoria

Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Central America and the Caribbean
North America
Anguilliform
Medium

Nettenchelys exoria is an eel in the family Nettastomatidae (duckbill/witch eels). It was described by James Erwin Böhlke and David G. Smith in 1981. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the western central Atlantic Ocean, including Florida, USA and the Bahamas.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Nettastomatidae
Genus: Nettenchelys
Maximum length: 46.7 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Western Central Atlantic: USA (Florida), the Bahamas and Cuba.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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