Kingdom Animalia Class Actinopterygii Family Nettastomatidae Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Order Anguilliformes Genus Facciolella | |
Facciolella castlei is an eel in the family Nettastomatidae (duckbill/witch eels). It was described by Nikolai Vasilyevich Parin and Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya in 1985. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from Chile, in the southeastern Pacific Ocean. The type specimen was retrieved from a depth of 230 metres.
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