The Samoa sawtooth eel, Serrivomer samoensis, is a sawtooth eel of the genus Serrivomer, found in the southwest Pacific at depths between 500 and 2,000 m. Their length is up to 75 cm.

Samoa sawtooth eel
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Serrivomeridae
Genus: Serrivomer
Species:
S. samoensis
Binomial name
Serrivomer samoensis
Bauchot, 1959

References

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  • "Serrivomer samoensis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 19 March 2006.
  • Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Serrivomer samoensis". 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