Black sawtoothed eel
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| Black sawtoothed eel | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Serrivomeridae |
| Genus: | Serrivomer |
| Species: | S. lanceolatoides
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| Binomial name | |
| Serrivomer lanceolatoides (Schmidt, 1916)
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The black sawtoothed eel[2] (Serrivomer lanceolatoides) is an eel in the family Serrivomeridae (sawtooth eels).[3] It was described by E. J. Schmidt in 1916, originally from a Leptocephalus larvae, and later as a subspecies of Serrivomer sector by Roule & Bertin in 1929.[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
- ^ Bailly, Nicolas (2023). "Serrivomer brevidentatus Roule & Bertin, 1929". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Common names for Serrivomer lanceolatoides at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Serrivomer lanceolatoides". FishBase.
- ^ 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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