Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range ? - 1431 m (Ref. 58018). Tropical
Eastern Central Pacific: ranges from Mazatlan, Mexico to Panama.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 49.5 cm NG male/unsexed; (Ref. 46892)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Found on the substrate but not burrowing (Ref. 35597). Oviparous (Ref. 35597). Planktonic leptocephali (Ref. 35597).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Charter, S.R., 1996. Nettastomatidae: duckbill eels. p. 135-139. In H.G. Moser (ed.) The early stages of fishes in the California Current region. California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI) Atlas No. 33. 1505 p. (Ref. 35597)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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