Thread eel

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Thread eel
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Serrivomeridae
Genus: Serrivomer
Species:
S. bertini
Binomial name
Serrivomer bertini
Bauchot, 1959

The thread eel (Serrivomer bertini, also known as the thread sawtooth eel [2] ) is an eel in the family Nemichthyidae (snipe eels). [3] It was described by Marie-Louise Bauchot in 1959. [4] It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling eel which is known from the Indo-Pacific and Chile in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It is known to dwell at a depth of 1,750 metres (5,740 ft). [3]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Léon Bertin (1896-1954), of the Muséum national d’histoire naturelle in Paris. Bauchot served as an assistant to him in 1952. [5]


References

  1. ↑ Smith, D.G.; Tighe, K.; McCosker, J. (2022). "Serrivomer bertini". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2022 e.T199103A2559390. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T199103A2559390.en . Retrieved 11 January 2026.
  2. ↑ Common names of Serrivomer bertini at www.fishbase.org.
  3. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Serrivomer bertini". FishBase .
  4. ↑ Bauchot, M.-L. (1959). Étude des larves leptocéphales du groupe Leptocephalus lanceolatus Strömman et identification à la famille des Serrivomeridae (Technical report) (in French). Dana. Report No. 48.
  5. ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (8 November 2025). "Family SERRIVOMERIDAE Trewavas 1932 (Sawtooth Eels)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 11 January 2026.


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