Avocettina paucipora

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| status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=McCosker, J. |author2=Smith, D.G. |author3=Tighe, K. |year=2022 |title=Avocettina paucipora |volume=2022 |page=e.T199353A2586425 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T199353A2586425.en |access-date=23 April 2023}}

| taxon = Avocettina paucipora

| authority = J. G. Nielsen & D. G. Smith, 1978

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Avocettina paucipora is an eel in the family Nemichthyidae (snipe eels).{{FishBase |genus=Avocettina |species=paucipora |month=February |year=2023 }} It was described by Jørgen G. Nielsen and David G. Smith in 1978.Nielsen, J. G. and D. G. Smith, 1978 [ref. 8901] The eel family Nemichthyidae (Pisces: Anguilliformes). Dana Report No. 88: 1–71, Pls. 1–2. It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling eel which is known from the southwestern Atlantic, southern Indian, and the Pacific Ocean. They can reach a maximum total length of 55 centimetres.

A. paucipora is of no commercial interest to fisheries.