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).
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From plate 49 of Oceanic Ichthyology by G. Brown Goode and Tarleton H. Bean, published 1896. | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Derichthyidae |
Genus: | Derichthys T. N. Gill, 1884 |
Species: | D. serpentinus
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Binomial name | |
Derichthys serpentinus T. N. Gill, 1884
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The skin is scaleless and red-brown. It lives on the bottom at great depths.
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References
edit- "Derichthys serpentinus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 19 March 2006.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Derichthys serpentinus". 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