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Closespine Snipe Eel
Avocettina infans
The avocet snipe eel (Avocettina infans) is a snipe eel of the family Nemichthyidae, found in all oceans except the Mediterranean and the eastern Pacific, at depths between 50 and 4,500 m. Their length is up to 75 centimetres (2.46 ft).
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