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Class: Teleostei
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Serrivomeridae Sawtooth eels

Genus: Serrivomer

(See list of species below)


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9 species (see list below)
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Photo by Román Marcote, E.

Atlantic Ocean
Max. Length 78 cm TL
Serrivomer beanii Gill & Ryder, 1883

Photo by Photo by Román Marcote, E.
 
Serrivomer beanii
[Stout sawpalate]
No picture found
 
Serrivomer bertini
[Thread eel]
No picture found
 
Serrivomer garmani
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 67 cm TL
 
Serrivomer jesperseni
[Crossthroat sawpalate]

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada

Atlantic and the Mediterr
Max. Length 65 cm TL
Serrivomer lanceolatoides (Schmidt, 1916)

Photo by Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada
 
Serrivomer lanceolatoides
[Bronze sawtooth eel]
No picture found
 
Serrivomer neocaledoniensis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 63 cm TL
 
Serrivomer samoensis
[Samoa sawtooth eel]

Photo by Fischer, L.G.

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 65.7 cm TL
Serrivomer schmidti Bauchot-Boutin, 1953

Photo by Photo by Fischer, L.G.
 
Serrivomer schmidti
[]

Photo by Welter-Schultes, F.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 76 cm TL
Serrivomer sector Garman, 1899

Photo by Photo by Welter-Schultes, F.
 
Serrivomer sector
[Sawtooth eel]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Serrivomer beanii Stout sawpalate Atlantic Ocean 78 TL 1883
Serrivomer bertini Thread eel Indo-West Pacific. South 1959
Serrivomer garmani Indian Ocean 1944
Serrivomer jesperseni Crossthroat sawpalate Western Pacific 67 TL 1953
Serrivomer lanceolatoides Bronze sawtooth eel Atlantic and the Mediterr 65 TL 1916
Serrivomer neocaledoniensis Southwestern Pacific 1959
Serrivomer samoensis Samoa sawtooth eel Pacific 63 TL 1959
Serrivomer schmidti Eastern Atlantic 65.7 TL 1953
Serrivomer sector Sawtooth eel Western Pacific 76 TL 1899



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cfm script by eagbayani, 30.11.04, ,  php script by cmilitante, 05/11/2010 ,  last modified by cmilitante, 14/03/2013