WoRMS taxon details
Nettastomatidae Kaup, 1859
Nettastomidae Kaup, 1859 · unaccepted
- Genus Facciolella Whitley, 1938
- Genus Hoplunnis Kaup, 1859
- Genus Nettastoma Rafinesque, 1810
- Genus Nettenchelys Alcock, 1898
- Genus Saurenchelys Peters, 1864
- Genus Venefica Jordan & Davis, 1891
- Genus Congroideorum † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Genus Faccionella accepted as Facciolella Whitley, 1938 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Hyoprorus Kölliker, 1853 accepted as Nettastoma Rafinesque, 1810
- Genus Metopomycter Gilbert, 1905 accepted as Nettastoma Rafinesque, 1810
- Genus Mettastoma accepted as Nettastoma Rafinesque, 1810 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Muraenosaurus Osório, 1909 accepted as Nettastoma Rafinesque, 1810
- Genus Nettastomella Facciolà, 1911 accepted as Facciolella Whitley, 1938
- Genus Osorina Whitley, 1951 accepted as Nettastoma Rafinesque, 1810
- Genus Leptocephalus [Nettastomatidae] (temporary name)
marine, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Tropical and warm temperate. Distribution: Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Head and jaws elongate and narrow. Mouth...
Description Tropical and warm temperate. Distribution: Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Head and jaws elongate and narrow. Mouth large. Tail sharply tapering. Adults usually without pectoral fin. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Nettastomatidae Kaup, 1859. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125433 on 2025-11-19
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Nomenclature
basis of record
van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors 
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context source (PeRMS)
Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Tropical and warm temperate. Distribution: Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Head and jaws elongate and narrow. Mouth large. Tail sharply tapering. Adults usually without pectoral fin. [details]
