Black sawtoothed eel

The black sawtoothed eel[2] (Serrivomer brevidentatus) is an eel in the family Nemichthyidae (snipe eels).[3] It was described by Louis Roule and Léon Bertin in 1929, originally as a subspecies of Serrivomer sector.[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]

Black sawtoothed eel
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Serrivomeridae
Genus: Serrivomer
Species:
S. brevidentatus
Binomial name
Serrivomer brevidentatus
Roule & Bertin, 1929
Synonyms[1]
  • Serrivomer sector brevidentatus Roule & Bertin, 1929

References
  1. Synonyms of Serrivomer brevidentatus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Common names for Serrivomer brevidentatus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Serrivomer brevidentatus at www.fishbase.org.
  4. 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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