title: Slender duckbill eel
text: # Slender duckbill eel
  
  The slender duckbill eel (Hoplunnis punctata) is an eel in the family Nettastomatidae (duckbill/witch eels). It was described by Charles Tate Regan in 1915. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the Gulf of Guinea, in the eastern Atlantic Ocean. It inhabits the continental shelf and slope. Males can reach a maximum total length of 55.5 centimetres (21.9 in).
  
  