Derichthyidae

Bañon, Rafael, Arronte, Juan Carlos, Rodriguez-Cabello, Cristina, Piñeiro, Carmen-Gloria, Punzon, Antonio & Serrano, Alberto, 2016, Commented checklist of marine fishes from the Galicia Bank seamount (NW Spain), Zootaxa 4067 (3), pp. 293-333 : 304

Family Derichthyidae

Nessorhamphus ingolfianus (Schmidt, 1912) —Duckbill oceanic eel ( Fig. 6 )

One specimen of 47 cm TL was caught at a depth of 1,470 m. Habitat and Distribution: bathypelagic, 0–1,800 m depth. Temperate, tropical and subtropical regions of Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans. In the eastern Atlantic it occurs from France to Morocco and off the Cape, South Africa. Vulnerability: DD (IUCN), MHV (FishBase).

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FIGURE 6. Nessorhamphus ingolfianus.