Nemichthys

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Nemichthys_scolopaceus.jpg

| image_caption = Slender Snipe Eel, Nemichthys scolopaceus

| taxon = Nemichthys

| authority = Richardson, 1848{{Cof family|family=Nemichthyidae|access-date=9 November 2024}}

| type_species = Nemichthys scolopaceus

| type_species_authority = Richardson, 1848

| synonyms = {{Genus list

| Belonopsis | Brandt, 1851

| Leptorhynchus | Lowe, 1851

| Investigator | Goode, 1896

| Nematoprora | Gilbert, 1905

| Tilurella | Roule, 1911

| Cercomitus | Weber [M.] 1913

| Paravocettinops | Kanazawa & Maul, 1967

}}

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| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = See text

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Nemichthys is a genus of eels in the snipe-eel family Nemichthyidae. It currently contains the following species:

• Nemichthys curvirostris (Strömman, 1896) (boxer snipe-eel)
• Nemichthys larseni J. G. Nielsen & D. G. Smith, 1978
• Nemichthys scolopaceus J. Richardson, 1848 (slender snipe-eel)