Nemichthys
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| Nemichthys | |
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| Slender Snipe Eel, Nemichthys scolopaceus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Nemichthyidae |
| Genus: | Nemichthys Richardson, 1848[1] |
| Type species | |
| Nemichthys scolopaceus Richardson, 1848[1] | |
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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)
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