The solitary duckbill eelCommon names of Nettastoma solitarium at www.fishbase.org. (Nettastoma solitarium) is an eel in the family Nettastomatidae (duckbill/witch eels).Nettastoma solitarium at www.fishbase.org. It was described by Peter H. J. Castle and David G. Smith in 1981.Smith, D. G., J. E. Böhlke and P. H. J. Castle 1981 (20 July) [ref. 6158] A revision of the nettastomatid eel genera Nettastoma and Nettenchelys (Pisces: Anguilliformes), with descriptions of six new species. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 94 (no. 2): 533-560. It is a marine, deep-water-dwelling eel which is known from the Indo-Western Pacific, including Kyushu–Palau Ridge, the Philippines, Australia, and the Hawaiian Islands. It is known to dwell at a depth range of . Males can reach a maximum total length of .
The species epithet "solitarium", meaning "solitary" in Latin, refers to the species' wide and isolated distribution in the Pacific.
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