Kingdom Animalia Class Actinopterygii Family Nettastomatidae Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Order Anguilliformes Genus Hoplunnis | |
Hoplunnis schmidti is an eel in the family Nettastomatidae (duckbill/witch eels). It was described by Johann Jakob Kaup in 1860. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from Venezuela, in the western central Atlantic Ocean.
Due to a lack of known major threats to H. schmidti, the IUCN redlist currently lists it as Least Concern.
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