| Narrownecked oceanic eel | |
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| From plate 49 of Oceanic Ichthyology by G. Brown Goode and Tarleton H. Bean, published 1896. | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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 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[edit]
- "Derichthys serpentinus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 19 March 2006.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Derichthys serpentinus" in 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