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Avocet snipe eel

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Genus
  
Avocettina

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Species

Family
  
Nemichthyidae

Scientific name
  
Avocettina infans

Higher classification
  
Avocettina

Order
  
Eel

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Similar
  
Eel, Snipe eel, Nemichthys, Slender snipe eel, Venefica

The avocet snipe-eel (Avocettina infans) is a snipe eel of the family Nemichthyidae, found in all oceans except the Mediterranean and the eastern Pacific, at depths between 50 and 4,500 m. Their length is up to 75 cm.

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Avocet snipe eel Wikipedia