Nemichthys
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Nemichthys is a genus of eel
s in the snipe-eel family Nemichthyidae. It currently contains the following species:
Eel
Eels are an order of fish, which consists of four suborders, 20 families, 111 genera and approximately 800 species. Most eels are predators...
s in the snipe-eel family Nemichthyidae. It currently contains the following species:
- Nemichthys curvirostris (Strömman, 1896) (Boxer snipe-eel)
- Nemichthys larseni Nielsen & D. G. Smith, 1978
- Nemichthys scolopaceus J. RichardsonJohn Richardson (naturalist)Sir John Richardson was a Scottish naval surgeon, naturalist and arctic explorer.Richardson was born at Dumfries. He studied medicine at Edinburgh University, and became a surgeon in the navy in 1807. He traveled with John Franklin in search of the Northwest Passage on the Coppermine Expedition of...
, 1848 (Slender snipe-eel)