Serrivomer
Serrivomer | |
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Serrivomer | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Serrivomeridae |
Genus: | Serrivomer T. N. Gill & Ryder, 1883 |
Species | |
10 recognized species, see article. |
Serrivomer is a genus of deep-sea eel in the family Serrivomeridae. It contains ten described species.[1] Member species are distributed widely, being found in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. The smallest species in this genus is Serrivomer jesperseni, which has a maximum length of 40.6 cm; the largest species in this genus is Serrivomer beanii with a maximum length of 78 cm. Most members reach a maximum length of 60–70 cm,
Species[]
- Serrivomer beanii T. N. Gill & Ryder, 1883 (Bean's sawtooth eel)
- Serrivomer bertini Bauchot, 1959 (Thread eel)
- Serrivomer brevidentatus (Roule & Bertin, 1929) (Black sawtooth eel)
- Serrivomer danae (Roule & Bertin, 1924)
- Serrivomer garmani Bertin, 1944
- Serrivomer jesperseni Bauchot-Boutin, 1953 (Crossthroat sawpalate)
- Serrivomer lanceolatoides (E. J. Schmidt, 1916) (Short-tooth sawpalate)
- Serrivomer samoensis Bauchot, 1959 (Samoa sawtooth eel)
- Serrivomer schmidti Bauchot-Boutin, 1953
- Serrivomer sector Garman, 1899
References[]
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Serrivomer in FishBase. June 2011 version.
Categories:
- Serrivomeridae
- Marine fish genera
- Taxa named by Theodore Gill
- Taxa named by John A. Ryder