| Common name | African spoon-nose eel |
| Language | English |
| Type | FAO |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 4 - (Less common name) |
| Country | Global |
| Locality | |
| Ref. | FAO-FIES, 2015 |
| Life stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | primary lexeme |
| 1st modifier | morphology |
| 2nd modifier | locality/area |
| Remarks | 'eel' from Middle English, 'ele', from Old English 'ael' and akin to Old High German, 'ãl' (Ref. 11978). Name not listed in ASFIS version 2006 (Ref. 56807). Also Ref. 90062, 93840, 95632. |