The pillar wire eel[2] (Saurenchelys stylura) is an eel in the family Nettastomatidae (duckbill/witch eels).[3] It was described by Einar Hagbart Martin Lea in 1913, originally under the genus Leptocephalus.[4] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the western Pacific Ocean. It is oceanodromous, and is known to dwell at a depth range of 27 to 460 metres (89 to 1,509 ft).[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Nettastomatidae |
| Genus: | Saurenchelys |
| Species: | S. stylura
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| Binomial name | |
| Saurenchelys stylura (Lea, 1913)
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References
edit- ^ Synonyms of Saurenchelys stylura at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Common names of Saurenchelys stylura at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Saurenchelys stylura at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Lea, E., 1913 [ref. 14158] Muraenoid larvae from the "Michael Sars" North Atlantic deep-sea expedition 1910. Scientific Results of the Michael Sars North Atlantic Deep-Sea Expedition 1910 v. 3 (pt 1, no. 7): 1-59, Pls. 1-6.
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