Sawtooth eel
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Sawtooth eels are a family, Serrivomeridae, of eels. They get their name from the saw-like arrangement of their vomerine teeth (inward-slanting teeth attached to the vomer bone in the roof of the mouth).
There are eleven species in two genera:
- Genus Serrivomer
- * Bean's sawtooth eel, Serrivomer beanii Gill & Ryder, 1883.
- * Thread eel, Serrivomer bertini Bauchot, 1959.
- * Black sawtooth eel, Serrivomer brevidentatus (Roule & Bertin, 1929).
- * Serrivomer danae (Roule & Bertin, 1924).
- * Serrivomer garmani Bertin, 1944.
- * Crossthroat sawpalate, Serrivomer jesperseni Bauchot-Boutin, 1953.
- * Short-tooth sawpalate, Serrivomer lanceolatoides (Schmidt, 1916).
- * Samoa sawtooth eel, Serrivomer samoensis Bauchot, 1959.
- * Serrivomer schmidti Bauchot-Boutin, 1953.
- * Serrivomer sector Garman, 1899.
- Genus Stemonidium
- * Stemonidium hypomelas Gilbert, 1905.
References
- ["Serrivomeridae"]. FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. January 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
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