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Class: Teleostei
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Nemichthyidae Snipe eels

Genus: Avocettina

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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Avocettina acuticeps Southern fintail snipe eel Southern region of all oc 77 TL 1916
Avocettina bowersii Eastern Central Pacific 1899
Avocettina infans Avocet snipe eel Circumglobal 80 TL 1878
Avocettina paucipora Southwest Atlantic and so 55 TL 1978



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