Leptocephalus bellottii
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Leptocephalus bellottii is a species of duckbill eel in the family Nettastomatidae. It is the only species left in its genus and is probably not be a valid taxon itself, rather being a junior synonym of Nettastoma melanurum. It is found in the western Indian Ocean
and the Red Sea
.
Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded on the north by the Indian Subcontinent and Arabian Peninsula ; on the west by eastern Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, and...
and the Red Sea
Red Sea
The Red Sea is a seawater inlet of the Indian Ocean, lying between Africa and Asia. The connection to the ocean is in the south through the Bab el Mandeb strait and the Gulf of Aden. In the north, there is the Sinai Peninsula, the Gulf of Aqaba, and the Gulf of Suez...
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