Narrownecked oceanic eel
| Narrownecked oceanic eel | |
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| From plate 49 of Oceanic Ichthyology by G. Brown Goode and Tarleton H. Bean, published 1896. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Derichthyidae |
| Genus: | Derichthys T. N. Gill, 1884 |
| Species: | D. serpentinus |
| Binomial name | |
| Derichthys serpentinus T. N. Gill, 1884 | |
The narrownecked oceanic eel, Derichthys serpentinus, is a longneck eel, the only species in the genus Derichthys, found in all oceans in depths between 500 and 2,000 m. Their length is up to 40 cm.
The skin is scaleless and red-brown. It lives on the bottom at great depths.
References
- "Derichthys serpentinus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 19 March 2006.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Derichthys serpentinus" in FishBase. January 2006 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
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