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Hoplunnis pacifica (Silver pikeconger)

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Wikipedia Abstract

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 which is known from the eastern Pacific Ocean. Males can reach a maximum total length of 125 centimetres (49 in), but more commonly reach a TL of 60 centimetres (24 in).
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Predators

Lophiodes spilurus (Threadfin goosefish)[1]

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♦ 1Stomach content analyses of the threadfin anglerfish Lophiodes spilurus (Lophiiformes: Lophiidae) associated with deepwater shrimp fisheries from the central Pacific of Costa Rica, Mario Espinoza1 & Ingo S. Wehrtmann, Rev. Biol. Trop. (Int. J. Trop. Biol. ISSN-0034-7744) Vol. 56 (4): 1959-1970, December 2008
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0