Venefica procera

Venefica procera
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Nettastomatidae
Genus:	Venefica
Species:	V. procera
Binomial name
Venefica procera (Goode & Bean, 1883)
Synonyms [2]
Nettastoma procerumGoode & Bean, 1883

Venefica procera is an eel in the family Nettastomatidae (duckbill/witch eels). ^[3] It was described by George Brown Goode and Tarleton Hoffman Bean in 1883, originally under the genus Nettastoma . ^[4] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the western central Atlantic Ocean, including North Carolina, USA, Suriname, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. It dwells at a depth range of 326 to 2,304 meters (1,070 to 7,559 ft). Males can reach a maximum total length of 109 centimeters (43 in). ^[3]

References

1. McCosker, J.; Smith, D.G.; Tighe, K. (2022). "Venefica procera". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2022 e.T199297A2579880. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T199297A2579880.en . Retrieved 7 September 2023.
2. Synonyms of Venefica procera at www.fishbase.org.
3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Venefica procera". FishBase .
4. Goode, G. B. and T. H. Bean, 1883 (Apr.) [ref. 1838] Reports on the results of dredging under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, on the east coast of the United States, during the summer of 1880, by the U. S. coast survey steamer "Blake," Commander J. R. Bartlett, U. S. N., commanding. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 10 (no. 5): 183-226.