snipe eel

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Illustration showing adult and larval forms of various eel species, including Nemichthys, Cyema, Anguilla, Gymnothorax, and Conger, with adults on the left and their transparent, leaf-shaped larvae on the right.

snipe eel

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Also known as: Nemichthyidae

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Family Nemichthyidae (snipe eels) Jaws greatly extended, minute teeth. 3 genera with about 9 species. Bathypelagic (deepwater), worldwide. Family Serrivomeridae (sawtooth snipe eels) Jaws moderately extended; bladelike teeth on vomer bones. 2 genera with about 10 species. Bathypelagic, worldwide. Family
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Family Nemichthyidae (snipe eels) Jaws greatly extended, minute teeth. 3 genera with about 9 species. Bathypelagic (deepwater), worldwide. Family Serrivomeridae (sawtooth snipe eels) Jaws moderately extended; bladelike teeth on vomer bones. 2 genera with about 10 species. Bathypelagic, worldwide. Family
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