Nettastomatidae

Venefica tentaculata

The Entenschnabelaale ( Nettastomatidae ) ( Greek, netta, nessa = duck, stoma = mouth) live in tropical and subtropical areas of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Ocean through mud floor.

Features

Entenschnabelaale be 20 to 110 inches long. You have 190-280 vertebrae and a very elongated shape. The head is long and narrow. The mouth large and deeply divided. The tongue has grown extensively. The tail is long and pointed. For all species, except those of the genus Hoplunnis, adult animals have no pectoral fins. Entenschnabelaale plant probably continue throughout the year. The larva of a species was described as Leptocephalus longirostris as an independent species.

Genera and species

  • Genus Facciolella Whitley, 1938 Facciolella castlei Parin & Karmovskaya, 1985.
  • Facciolella equatorialis ( Gilbert, 1891).
  • Facciolella gilbertii ( Garman, 1899).
  • Facciolella karreri Klausewitz, 1995.
  • Facciolella oxyrhyncha ( Bellotti, 1883).
  • Facciolella saurencheloides ( D' Ancona, 1928).
  • Hoplunnis diomediana Goode & Bean, 1896.
  • Hoplunnis macrura Ginsburg, 1951.
  • Hoplunnis megista Smith & Kanazawa, 1989.
  • Hoplunnis pacifica Lane & Stewart, 1968.
  • Hoplunnis punctata Regan, 1915.
  • Hoplunnis schmidti Kaup, 1860.
  • Hoplunnis sicarius ( Garman, 1899).
  • Hoplunnis similis Smith, 1989.
  • Hoplunnis tenuis Ginsburg, 1951.
  • Leptocephalus bellottii D' Ancona, 1928.
  • Nettastoma falcinaris Parin & Karmovskaya, 1985.
  • Nettastoma melanurum Rafinesque, 1810.
  • Nettastoma parviceps Günther, 1877.
  • Nettastoma solitarium Castle & Smith, 1981.
  • Nettastoma syntresis Smith & Bohlke, 1981.
  • Nettenchelys dionisi Brito, 1989.
  • Nettenchelys erroriensis Karmovskaya, 1994.
  • Nettenchelys exoria Bohlke & Smith, 1981.
  • Nettenchelys gephyra Castle & Smith, 1981.
  • Nettenchelys inion Smith & Bohlke, 1981.
  • Nettenchelys paxtoni Karmovskaya, 1999.
  • Nettenchelys pygmaea Smith & Bohlke, 1981.
  • Nettenchelys taylori Alcock, 1898.
  • Saurenchelys cancrivora Peters, 1864.
  • Saurenchelys cognita Smith, 1989.
  • Saurenchelys Fierasfer ( Jordan & Snyder, 1901).
  • Saurenchelys finitimus ( Whitley, 1935).
  • Saurenchelys lateromaculatus ( D' Ancona, 1928).
  • Saurenchelys Meteori Klausewitz & Zajonz, 2000.
  • Saurenchelys stylura (Lea, 1913).
  • Venefica multiporosa Karrer, 1982.
  • Venefica Ocella Garman, 1899.
  • Venefica proboscidea ( Vaillant, 1888).
  • Venefica procera ( Goode & Bean, 1883).
  • Venefica tentaculata Garman, 1899.

Entenschnabelaale are fossil evidence for the middle Eocene. They should be most closely related to the genus Uroconger from the family of conger eels ( congers ).

Teleostei Taxonomic rank#All ranks Elopomorpha Pieter Bleeker Samuel Garman George Brown Goode Tarleton Hoffman Bean Charles Tate Regan Johann Jakob Kaup Alfred William Alcock David Starr Jordan Joseph S. Nelson FishBase
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