Duckbill eels
Venefica tentaculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Anguilliformes Family: Nettastomatidae
Genera
Facciolella Hoplunnis Leptocephalus Nettastoma Nettenchelys Saurenchelys Venefica See text for species.

The duckbill eels or witch eels are a family, Nettastomatidae, of eels.

The name is from Greek netta meaning "duck" and stoma meaning "mouth".

Species

There are about forty species in seven genera:

• Genus Facciolella
  • Facciolella castlei Parin & Karmovskaya, 1985.
  • Facciolella equatorialis (Gilbert, 1891).
  • Facciolella gilbertii (Garman, 1899).
  • Facciolella karreri Klausewitz, 1995.
  • Facciola's sorcerer, Facciolella oxyrhyncha (Bellotti, 1883).
  • Facciolella saurencheloides (D'Ancona, 1928).
• Genus Hoplunnis
  • Blacktail pike-conger, Hoplunnis diomediana Goode & Bean, 1896.
  • Freckled pike-conger, Hoplunnis macrura Ginsburg, 1951.
  • Hoplunnis megista Smith & Kanazawa, 1989.
  • Silver pikeconger, Hoplunnis pacifica Lane & Stewart, 1968.
  • Hoplunnis punctata Regan, 1915.
  • Hoplunnis schmidti Kaup, 1860.
  • Hoplunnis sicarius (Garman, 1899).
  • Hoplunnis similis Smith, 1989.
  • Spotted pike-conger, Hoplunnis tenuis Ginsburg, 1951.
• Genus Leptocephalus
  • Leptocephalus bellottii D'Ancona, 1928.
• Genus Nettastoma
  • Nettastoma falcinaris Parin & Karmovskaya, 1985.
  • Blackfin sorcerer, Nettastoma melanurum Rafinesque, 1810.
  • Duckbilled eel, Nettastoma parviceps Günther, 1877.
  • Nettastoma solitarium Castle & Smith, 1981.
  • Nettastoma syntresis Smith & Böhlke, 1981.
• Genus Nettenchelys
  • Nettenchelys dionisi Brito, 1989.
  • Nettenchelys erroriensis Karmovskaya, 1994.
  • Nettenchelys exoria Böhlke & Smith, 1981.
  • Nettenchelys gephyra Castle & Smith, 1981.
  • Nettenchelys inion Smith & Böhlke, 1981.
  • Nettenchelys paxtoni Karmovskaya, 1999.
  • Pygmy pikeconger, Nettenchelys pygmaea Smith & Böhlke, 1981.
  • Nettenchelys taylori Alcock, 1898.
• Genus Saurenchelys
  • Slender sorcerer, Saurenchelys cancrivora Peters, 1864.
  • Longface eel, Saurenchelys cognita Smith, 1989.
  • Saurenchelys fierasfer (Jordan & Snyder, 1901).
  • Saurenchelys finitimus (Whitley, 1935).
  • Saurenchelys lateromaculatus (D'Ancona, 1928).
  • Saurenchelys meteori Klausewitz & Zajonz, 2000.
  • Saurenchelys stylura (Lea, 1913).
• Genus Venefica
  • Venefica multiporosa Karrer, 1982.
  • Venefica ocella Garman, 1899.
  • Whipsnout sorcerer, Venefica proboscidea (Vaillant, 1888).
  • Venefica procera (Goode & Bean, 1883).
    

    

    Venefica procera
  • Venefica tentaculata Garman, 1899.

References

• "Nettastomatidae". FishBase. Ed. Rainer Froese and Daniel Pauly. January 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.