Image: Head of a Snubnose Eel

Head of a Snubnose Eel trawled during the NORFANZ expedition at a depth between 1082 m and 1120 m, on the Lord Howe Rise between Australia and New Zealand, June 2003. This fish is now registered in the CSIRO Fish Collection, Hobart.

Photographer:

Kerry Parkinson

Rights:

© NORFANZ Founding Parties

Common name:

Snubnose Eel

Scientific name:

Simenchelys parasitica

Family:

Synaphobranchidae

Order:

Anguilliformes

Last Updated: 31 August 2011

Tags Fishes, Ichthyology, Snubnosed Eel, Simenchelys parasitica, Syphanobranchidae, NORFANZ, Snubnose Eel,