Sawtooth eel
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Sawtooth eels are a family, Serrivomeridae, of eels found in temperate and tropical seas worldwide.
Sawtooth eels get their name from the human-like arrangement of inward-slanting teeth attached to the vomer bone in the roof of the mouth. They are deepwater pelagic fish.[1]
Species
The 11 species are found in these two genera:[2]
Family Serrivomeridae
- Genus Serrivomer T. N. Gill & Ryder, 1883
- Genus Stemonidium C. H. Gilbert, 1905
References
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