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Venefica proboscidea (Vaillant, 1888)

Whipsnout sorcerer
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Japan country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Misidentified as Venefica tentaculata in Masuda et al., 1984 (Ref. 559).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ja.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.maff.go.jp/eindex.html
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Karmovskaya, E.S., 2004
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Lont-nõidangerjas, Štíhlohlavec marocký, 黑吻巫鳗, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Nettastomatidae (Duckbill eels)
Etymology: Venefica: Latin, vena = vein + Latin, fica, facere = to make (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Vaillant.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 385 - 2200 m (Ref. 54804).   Deep-water

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