Nettastoma
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Nettastoma is a genus of eel
s in the duckbill eel family Nettastomatidae. 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 duckbill eel family Nettastomatidae. It currently contains the following species:
- Nettastoma falcinaris Parin & Karmovskaya, 1985
- Nettastoma melanurum RafinesqueConstantine Samuel Rafinesque-SchmaltzConstantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz, as he is known in Europe, was a nineteenth-century polymath who made notable contributions to botany, zoology, the study of prehistoric earthworks in North America and Mesoamerican ancient linguistics.Rafinesque was eccentric, and is often portrayed as an...
, 1810 (Blackfin sorcerer) - Nettastoma parviceps Günther, 1877 (Duck-billed eel)
- Nettastoma solitarium Castle & D. G. Smith, 1981 (Solitary duck-billed eel)
- Nettastoma syntresis D. G. Smith & J. E. Böhlke, 1981