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Image Bank - Fishes

Sawtooth Eel

Reference

IB0768

Category

Fishes

Family Name

Sawtooth Eels - SERIVOMERIDAE

Common Name

Sawtooth Eel

Scientific Name

Serrivomer beani

Artist Name

Roger Swainston

Notes

Sawtooths Eels are generally pelagic in midwater at depths of about 500-1000 m, though they have been recorded as deep as 6000 m. Sawtooths Eels make vertical migrations towards the surface at night to feed on small fishes and crustaceans.

Source : Swainston’s Fishes of Australia