Boxer snipe eel

Boxer snipe eel
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Nemichthyidae
Genus: Curvirostris
Species: N. curvirostris
Binomial name
Nemichthys curvirostris
(Strömman, 1896)

The boxer snipe eel, Nemichthys curvirostris, is a snipe eel of the family Nemichthyidae.

Habitat

The eel lives at depths of up to 2,000 m.

Description

The length is up to 143 cm.

Biology

Feeds on crustaceans. Reproduction is oviparous.

Notes

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Nemichthys curvirostris" in FishBase. May 2006 version.

External links

Nemichthys curvirostris, boxer snipe eel 1 20 Feb. 2009 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=9107.


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