Nettenchelys paxtoni Karmovskaya, 1999

Family:  Nettastomatidae (Duckbill eels)
Max. size:  24.8 cm TL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  bathydemersal; marine
Distribution:  Western Pacific: Vanuatu.
Diagnosis:  Distinguished by the anterior vomerine teeth not uniserial; posterior nostril just behind head, closer to supratemporal canal than12 to dorsal-fin origin, approximately over second LL pore; no median supratemporal pore; preoperculomandibular pores 12; predorsal vertebrae 5; preanal vertebrae 39 (Ref. 106144).
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Data deficient (DD); Date assessed: 07 November 2019 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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