Nemichthys is a genus of eels in the snipe-eel family Nemichthyidae. It currently contains the following species:
- Nemichthys curvirostris (Strömman, 1896) (boxer snipe-eel)
- Nemichthys larseni J. G. Nielsen & D. G. Smith, 1978
- Nemichthys scolopaceus J. Richardson, 1848 (slender snipe-eel)
Nemichthys | |
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Slender Snipe Eel, Nemichthys scolopaceus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Nemichthyidae |
Genus: | Nemichthys Gill and Ryder, 1883 |
Species | |
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References
edit- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Nemichthys in FishBase. June 2011 version.