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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Nettastomatidae |
| Genus: | Facciolella Whitley, 1938 |
| Type species | |
| Nettastomella physonima Facciolà 1914 | |
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Facciolella is a genus of eels in the duckbill eel family Nettastomatidae.
Species
[edit]There are currently six recognized species in this genus:[1]
- 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)
- Facciolella smithi (2025)[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Facciolella". FishBase. December 2012 version.
- ↑ Pflughoeft, Aspen (2025-07-01). "Trawlers catch deep-sea creature with regrown tail off India. It's a new species". Miami Herald.
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