Scientific Name	Nettenchelys proxima			No picture was not be chosen to represent this species.
Author	Smith, Lin & Chen, 2015	Depth	- 300M
Chinese	近鴨蛇鰻	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鴨嘴鰻科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F087　Nettastomatidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	近鴨蛇鰻
Max Length	25.1 cmTL	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	絲仔鰻
Distribution in World	Australia	Distribution in Taiwan	South West
Habitats	Deep Sea、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Donggang, Pingtung, Taiwan, depth 300 meters
Synonyms
Reference	Smith, D. G., J. Lin, H.-M. Chen and J. J. Pogonoski (2015) The eels of the genus Nettenchelys, with description of a new species from Taiwan (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Nettastomatidae). Zootaxa 4060 (no. 1): 105-120.
Specimen List
Common Name	Duckbill eel
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
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