Bobtail snipe eel
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| Bobtail snipe eels | |
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| Cyema atrum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Saccopharyngiformes |
| Suborder: | Cyematoidei |
| Family: | Cyematidae |
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The bobtail snipe eels are two species of deep-sea fishes in the family Cyematidae, one only in each of two genera. They are small elongate fishes, growing up to 16 centimeters (6 inches) long.
They are bathypelagic (deep-water ocean-dwellers) and have been found down to 5,000 meters (16,400 feet). They are found in all oceans.
J. S. Nelson classifies them with the true eels in the order Anguilliformes, but FishBase classifies them with the gulper eels in the order Saccopharyngiformes.
Cyema atrum is black, while Neocyema erythrosoma is bright red.
[edit] Species
- Genus Cyema
- Cyema atrum Günther, 1878
- Genus Neocyema
- Neocyema erythrosoma Castle, 1978
[edit] References
- Cyema atrum (TSN 161632). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 18 April 2006.
- "Cyematidae". FishBase. Ed. Rainer Froese and Daniel Pauly. February 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
- "Cyema atrum". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. February 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
- "Neocyema erythrosoma". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. February 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
