Black sawtoothed eel
| Black sawtoothed eel | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Nemichthyidae |
| Genus: | Serrivomer |
| Species: | S. brevidentatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Serrivomer brevidentatus Roule & Bertin, 1929 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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The Black sawtoothed eel[2] (Serrivomer brevidentatus) is an eel in the family Nemichthyidae (snipe eels).[3] It was described by Louis Roule and Léon Bertin in 1929, originally as a subspecies of Serrivomer sector.[4] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the eastern and western Atlantic Ocean, including the Strait of Gibraltar, Cape Verde, and the United States. It dwells at a depth range of 150-6000 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 60 centimetres.[3]
References
- ↑ Synonyms of Serrivomer brevidentatus at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Common names for Serrivomer brevidentatus at www.fishbase.org.
- 1 2 Serrivomer brevidentatus at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Roule, L. and L. Bertin, 1929 (1 Sept.) [ref. 3829] Les poissons apodes appartenant au sous-ordre des Nemichthydiformes. Danish Dana Expedition 1920-22 in the North Atlantic and the Gulf of Panama, Oceanographical Reports. v. 1 (no. 4): 1-113, Pls. 1-9.
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