Snipe Eel
Nemichthys scolopaceus
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 41 diving areas across 27 countries and 9 regions.
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 4 records
- Sydney & New South Wales, Australia - 39 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Isle of Pines, New Caledonia - 2 records
- Prony Bay, New Caledonia - 34 records
- Abaco, Bahamas - 7 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 10 records
- North Shore, Bermuda - 40 records
- Cabrits & Northern Coast, Dominica - 2 records
- Soufriere-Scotts Head Marine Reserve, Dominica - 2 records
- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic - 1 records
- Sosua & Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic - 2 records
- Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 2 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 1 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 2 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 2 records
- St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 3 records
- St. Vincent, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 1 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 1 records
- Cocos Island, Costa Rica - 6 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 1 records
- Green Island, Taiwan - 1 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 8 records
- Sal, Cape Verde - 1 records
- Andaman Islands, India - 1 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 14 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 14 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 7 records
- Hikkaduwa & South Coast, Sri Lanka - 1 records
- Mafia Island, Tanzania - 1 records
- Al Hoceima, Morocco - 7 records
- Azores, Portugal - 4 records
- Balearic Islands, Spain - 14 records
- Cabo de Palos, Spain - 1 records
- Alaska, United States - 2 records
- Mancora & North Coast, Peru - 2 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 1 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 2 records
- Komodo, Indonesia - 1 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 2 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 1 records