Yano's snipe eel


The Yano's snipe eel is an eel in the family Nemichthyidae. It was described by Giles Willis Mead and Ira Rubinoff in 1966, originally under the genus Avocettinops. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from New Zealand, in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Shigeru Yano, of Honolulu, Hawai‘i whose maintenance and operation of the nets and the associated equipment contributed to the success of the authors’ trawling expeditions.