Silver pikeconger

Silver pikeconger
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Nettastomatidae
Genus: Hoplunnis
Species:
H. pacifica
Binomial name
Hoplunnis pacifica
Lane & Stewart, 1968

The silver pikeconger (Hoplunnis pacifica) is an eel in the family Nettastomatidae (duckbill/witch eels). It was described by E. David Lane and Kenneth W. Stewart in 1968. It is a marine, tropical eel with habitats in the Gulf of California and northern Peru. They can reach a maximum total length of 35 centimetres (14 in) and live in water with depths between 40 and 275 meters.

References

  1. ↑ Common names of Hoplunnis pacifica at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ↑ Hoplunnis pacifica at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ↑ Lane, E. D. and K. W. Stewart, 1968 [ref. 7904] A revision of the genus Hoplunnis Kaup (Apodes, Muraenesocidae), with a description of a new species. Contributions in Marine Science v. 13: 51-64.
  4. ↑ "Species: Hoplunnis pacifica, Silver pike-conger". Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Archived from the original on 2025-03-30. Retrieved 2026-07-26.