Sawtooth snipe eels
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Serrivomer sp. |
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| Trewavas , 1932 |
The sawtooth snipe eels (Serrivomeridae) (Latin serra = saw, vomer = ploughshare ) live pelagically in the Atlantic , Pacific and Indian Oceans in the deep sea between 1000 and 4500 meters depth.
features
The fish are 40 to 80 centimeters long. Their jaws are narrow and elongated. On the vomer the teeth sit in two or more rows. The tail of the sawtooth snipe eel ends in a thread. The gill openings are connected to one another on the belly side. The elongated fish have 137 to 170 vertebrae . They are mostly black with silvery flanks. The larvae of the Serrivomeridae migrate to the surface at night.
species
Ten of the eleven species belong to the genus Serrivomer . There is also the monotypic genus Stemonidium with only one species.
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Serrivomer
Gill & Ryder , 1883
- Serrivomer beanii Gill & Ryder , 1883
- Serrivomer bertini Bauchot , 1959
- Serrivomer garmani Bertin , 1944
- Serrivomer jesperseni Bauchot-Boutin , 1953
- Serrivomer lanceolatoides ( Schmidt , 1916)
- Serrivomer neocaledoniensis Bauchot , 1959
- Serrivomer samoensis Bauchot , 1959
- Serrivomer schmidti Bauchot-Boutin , 1953
- Serrivomer sector Garman , 1899
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Stemonidium Gilbert , 1905
- Stemonidium hypomelas Gilbert , 1905
literature
- Joseph S. Nelson : Fishes of the World . John Wiley & Sons, 2006, ISBN 0-471-25031-7 .
Web links
Commons : Sawtooth Snipe Eels (Serrivomeridae) - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Sawtooth Schnepfeneale on Fishbase.org (English)