Avocet snipe eel

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| image = Avocettina_gilli.jpg

| image_upright = 1.1

| taxon = Avocettina infans

| authority = Günther, 1878

| synonyms = Leptocephalus oxycephalus

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The avocet snipe eel (Avocettina infans) is a snipe eel of the family Nemichthyidae, found in all oceans except the Mediterranean and the eastern Pacific, at depths between 50 and 4,500 m. Their length is up to {{convert|75|cm|ft}}.