Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Nemichthys scolopaceus

Brown snipe eel

WoRMS 126306ITIS 161624GBIF 2403686key worms:126306

2026-08-05: itis_id 161624 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · Richard Harris · Public Domain Mark · PhyloPic, drawn from Monognathus

Brown snipe eel1.3 m

a person1.7 m

max · worms_attribute

Photograph of Nemichthys scolopaceus — Photo · maretina · CC BY-NC 4.0 · inat NC

The slender snipe eel, also known as the deep sea duck, is a fish that can weigh only a few ounces, yet reach 5 feet or 1.5 m in length. Features include a bird-like beak with curving tips, covered with tiny hooked teeth, which they use to sweep through the water to catch shrimp and other crustaceans.W CalCOFI holds 22 observations of it in 2 datasets between 1959 and 2012, as larva.R

22
observations: 22
records: 22
sampling events: 1959–2012
years: 2
datasets: larva
life stages

Observed in
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One row per dataset, one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses (dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet pill marks a name the authority does not accept.

Ichthyoplankton 12 obs · 12 events · 1959–2006 · larva
name used: Nemichthys scolopaceus Brown snipe eel · code 365
Mesopelagic Fish 10 obs · 10 events · 2010–2012
name used: Nemichthys scolopaceus · code Nemichthys scolopaceus

How big is it
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Every mark is a measured length with its own source — hover one to read it. The reference objects are _data/size_reference.csv: two of them, the 505 µm bongo mesh and the net's ring, are CalCOFI's own sampling gear.

Ways in
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Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

Explorer db-query

ERDDAPCalCOFI's own server, the Ichthyoplankton table constrained to this taxon

https://erddap.calcofi.io/erddap/tabledap/swfsc_ichthyo.html?&taxon_key=%22worms:126306%22

Nemichthys scolopaceus

How big is itiEvery mark is a measured length with its own source — hover one to read it. The reference objects are _data/size_reference.csv: two of them, the 505 µm bongo mesh and the net's ring, are CalCOFI's own sampling gear.

Ways iniRead from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

How big is it
i
Every mark is a measured length with its own source — hover one to read it. The reference objects are _data/size_reference.csv: two of them, the 505 µm bongo mesh and the net's ring, are CalCOFI's own sampling gear.

Ways in
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Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.