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Facciolella
Sign in to saveFacciolella is a genus of eels in the duckbill eel family Nettastomatidae.
Species
Dogface Witch Eel
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderAnguilliformes
- FamilyNettastomatidae
Habitatmarine
Observations17
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 230
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Nettastomatidae
- Collections
- TCWC, UA, SIO, YPM, USNM, CAS
- Recorded in
- United States, Ecuador, Mexico, Nicaragua, Angola, Philippines, Taiwan
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Facciolella is a genus of eels in the duckbill eel family Nettastomatidae.
==Species== There are currently six recognized species in this genus: Facciolella castlei Parin & Karmovskaya, 1985 Facciolella equatorialis (C. H. Gilbert, 1891) (Dogface witch eel) Facciolella karreri Klausewitz, 1995 Facciolella oxyrhynchus (Bellotti, 1883) (Facciola's sorcerer) Facciolella saurencheloides (D'Ancona, 1928)
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