Nemichthys

Nemichthys
Slender Snipe Eel, Nemichthys scolopaceus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Nemichthyidae
Genus:	Nemichthys Richardson, 1848[1]
Type species
Nemichthys scolopaceus Richardson, 1848[1]
Species
See text
Synonyms[1]
Belonopsis Brandt, 1851 Leptorhynchus Lowe, 1851 Investigator Goode, 1896 Nematoprora Gilbert, 1905 Tilurella Roule, 1911 Cercomitus Weber [M.] 1913 Paravocettinops Kanazawa & Maul, 1967

Nemichthys is a genus of eels in the snipe-eel family Nemichthyidae. It currently contains the following species:

• Nemichthys curvirostris (Strömman, 1896) (boxer snipe-eel)
• Nemichthys larseni J. G. Nielsen & D. G. Smith, 1978
• Nemichthys scolopaceus J. Richardson, 1848 (slender snipe-eel)

References

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Nemichthyidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 November 2024.

• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Nemichthys". FishBase. June 2011 version.