Species: Nettastoma syntresis, Channel Pikeconger, Channel Sorcerer, Channel Pikeconger Eel

Nettastoma syntresis Smith & Bohlke, 1981

Channel Pikeconger, Channel Sorcerer, Channel Pikeconger Eel

Elongate, cylindrical at front, compressed at rear, with a long slender, pointed tail; head and body 35% of TL; a long narrow snout (no fleshy proboscis at its tip); jaws long and pointed, reach back under rear edge of eye; large eye; front nostril tubular, at front of snout, rear nostril opens above eye; top jaw overhanging; teeth conical, relatively small, in bands, a patch of teeth at front of top jaws, some exposed when mouth is closed; roof of mouth with central patch of teeth on which central teeth are NOT enlarged; no pectoral fins; dorsal fin origin over or behind gill opening; dorsal and anal fins confluent with tail fin; lateral line complete, on head and body; 38-41 pores before anus; 3 pairs of pores on snout between front nostril and eye.

Preserved fish: grey brown, edges of median fins black.

Reaches 55 cm.

Lives on soft silt and mud bottoms.

Depth range: 174-620 m.

The Bahamas.