Pygmy pikeconger

The pygmy pikeconger or pygmy duckbill eel, is an eel in the family Nettastomatidae. It was described by David G. Smith and James Erwin Böhlke in 1981. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the western central Atlantic Ocean, including Venezuela and the Gulf of Mexico, and possibly more locations. It is known to dwell at a depth range of. Males can reach a maximum total length of.
The species epithet "pygmaea", meaning "small" in Greek, refers to the small size of mature specimens.