Narrownecked oceanic eel

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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 Script error: No such module "convert"..

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

File:Derichthys serpentinus with prey.jpg
Freshly caught specimen of D. serpentinus before and after a large decapod prey item was removed from the stomach.

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  • Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) Template:ISBN

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