Sawtooth eel
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Sawtooth eels
Bean's Sawtooth Eel, Serrivomer beanii. From plate 47 of Oceanic Ichthyology by G. Brown Goode and Tarleton H. Bean, published 1896.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Anguilliformes Family: Serrivomeridae
Genera
Serrivomer Stemonidium See text for species.

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. Rainer Froese and Daniel Pauly. January 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.