? Snipe eels
Slender Snipe Eel, Nemichthys scolopaceus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Anguilliformes Family: Nemichthyidae
Genera
Avocettina Labichthys Nemichthys See text for species.

Snipe eels are a family, Nemichthyidae, of eels. They are pelagic fishes, found in the middle depths of most oceans. The common name comes from the resemblance of the jaw to the bill of a snipe. Slender Snipe Eel Known as Nemichthys scolopaceus, its features include a bird like beak with curving tips. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Binomial name Aptenodytes forsteri Gray, 1844 For other uses, see Animal (disambiguation). ... Typical Classes Subphylum Urochordata - Tunicatas Ascidiacea Thaliacea Larvacea Subphylum Cephalochordata - Lancelets Subphylum Myxini - Hagfishes Subphylum Vertebrata - Vertebrates Petromyzontida - Lampreys Placodermi (extinct) Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes Acanthodii (extinct) Actinopterygii - Ray-finned fishes Actinistia - Coelacanths Dipnoi - Lungfishes Amphibia - Amphibians Reptilia - Reptiles Aves - Birds Mammalia - Mammals Chordates (phylum Chordata) include the vertebrates, together with... Orders See text The Actinopterygii are the ray-finned fish. ... The Anguilliformes (true eels) are an order of bony fishes. ... Suborders Anguilloidei Nemichthyoidei Congroidei Synaphobranchoidei See text for families. ... The pelagic zone is the part of the open sea or ocean comprising the water column, i. ... Genera Coenocorypha Gallinago Lymnocryptes A Snipe is any of 18 very similar wading bird species, characterised by a very long slender bill and cryptic plumage. ...

There are nine species in three genera, including:

• Genus Avocettina
  • Avocettina acuticeps (Regan, 1916).
  • Avocettina bowersii (Garman, 1899).
  • Avocet Snipe-eel, Avocettina infans (Günther, 1878).
  • Avocettina paucipora Nielsen & Smith, 1978.
• Genus Labichthys
  • Labichthys carinatus Gill & Ryder, 1883.
  • Labichthys yanoi (Mead & Rubinoff, 1966).
• Genus Nemichthys
  • Slender Snipe Eel, Nemichthys scolopaceus Richardson, 1848.
  • Boxer Snipe Eel, Nemichthys curvirostris (Strömman, 1896).
  • Nemichthys larseni Nielsen & Smith, 1978.

Albrecht Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther. ... Slender Snipe Eel Known as Nemichthys scolopaceus, its features include a bird like beak with curving tips. ... Sir John Richardson (1787 - 1865) was a Scottish naval surgeon, naturalist and arctic explorer. ...

References

• "Nemichthyidae". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. January 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.