Nessorhamphus danae, the blackbelly spoonbill eel or Dana duckbill eel, is an eel in the family Derichthyidae (longneck eels).[1] It was described by Johannes Schmidt in 1931.[2] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from throughout the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Ocean, including Australia, Brazil, Benin, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Cambodia, China, Ghana, Pakistan, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, India, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Liberia, Malaysia, Kenya, Mauritania, Myanmar, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Senegal, Sierra Leone, the Philippines, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Togo, the Hawaiian Islands, USA; Yemen, and Vietnam.[3] Males can reach a maximum total length of 30 centimetres.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Derichthyidae |
| Genus: | Nessorhamphus |
| Species: | N. danae
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| Nessorhamphus danae E.J.Schmidt, 1931
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Due to the widespread distribution of Nessorhamphus danae, as well as its deep-water nature and the subsequent perceived lack of threats, the IUCN redlist currently lists the species as Least Concern.[3]
References edit
- ^ a b Nessorhamphus danae Archived 2013-06-20 at archive.today at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Schmidt, J., 1931 [ref. 21814] Oceanographic expedition of the Dana, 1928-1930. Nature (London) No. 127: 444-446, 487-490.
- ^ a b Nessorhamphus danae at the IUCN redlist.
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