Hoplunnis schmidti explained

Hoplunnis schmidti is an eel in the family Nettastomatidae (duckbill/witch eels).^[1] It was described by Johann Jakob Kaup in 1860.^[2] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from Venezuela, in the western central Atlantic Ocean.^[1]

Due to a lack of known major threats to H. schmidti, the IUCN redlist currently lists it as Least Concern.^[3]

Notes and References

1. http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Hoplunnis-schmidti.html Hoplunnis schmidti
2. Kaup, J. J., 1859 [ref. 2586] Neue aalaehnliche Fische des Hamburger Museums, beschriebén und abgebildet. Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Naturwissenschaften herausgegeben von dem Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein in Hamburg v. 4 (no. 2): 1-29 + suppl. 1-4, Pls. 1-5.
3. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/154964/0 Hoplunnis schmidti