Notacanthus chemnitzii, or the Snub-nosed spiny eel, is a member of the family Notacanthidae

Notacanthidae

The deep-sea spiny eels are a family, Notacanthidae, of fishes found worldwide below , and going as deep as .Their bodies of deep sea spiny eels are greatly elongated, though more tapered than in true eels. The caudal fin is small or nonexistent, while the anal fin is lengthy, as long as half of...

, the deep-sea spiny eels, which are not true eels (Anguilliformes). The snub-nosed spiny eel exists in waters all over the world, except in the tropics, ranging in color from light tan to bluish grey in small ones to dark brown in large ones. Its primary food is sea anemone

Sea anemone

Sea anemones are a group of water-dwelling, predatory animals of the order Actiniaria; they are named after the anemone, a terrestrial flower. Sea anemones are classified in the phylum Cnidaria, class Anthozoa, subclass Zoantharia. Anthozoa often have large polyps that allow for digestion of larger...

s. The eel usually lives in deep waters, mostly more than 200 meters below the surface.