Biology:Narrownecked oceanic eel

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Short description: Species of fish

Narrownecked oceanic eel
Derichthys serpentinus.jpg
From plate 49 of Oceanic Ichthyology by G. Brown Goode and Tarleton H. Bean, published 1896.
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
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
Synonyms
  • Leptocephalus anguilloides

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 centimetres (1 ft 4 in).

The skin is scaleless and red-brown. It lives on the bottom at great depths.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2331611 entry