Boxer Snipe Eel
Nemichthys curvirostris
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Anguilliformes
- Family
- Nemichthyidae
- Genus
- Nemichthys
Where to Find
Found in 10 diving areas across 7 countries and 4 regions.
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 9 records
- Sal, Cape Verde - 1 records
- Bazaruto Archipelago, Mozambique - 2 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 2 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 3 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 1 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 1 records
- Juan Fernandez Islands, Chile - 1 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 2 records