Narrownecked oceanic eel

Narrownecked oceanic eel
From plate 49 of Oceanic Ichthyology by G. Brown Goode and Tarleton H. Bean, published 1896.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Derichthyidae
Genus: Derichthys
T. N. Gill, 1884
Species: D. serpentinus
Binomial name
Derichthys serpentinus
T. N. Gill, 1884

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 cm.

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

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