Sawtooth eel
📖 Overview
Meso- and bathypelagic . Feeds primarily on crustaceans, and to a lesser extent upon small cephalopods and fishes .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
: eel-like.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Sawtooth eel is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 0 - 3243 m , usually 305 - ? m . Deep-water
🌿 Ecology
crustaceans, and to a lesser extent upon small cephalopods and fishes (Ref
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Deep-sea eel · Deep-sea snipe · Pacific Sawpalate · Saw-tooth Snipe · Sawtooth eel · Sawtooth snipe |
| 🌍CES | pilozub východopacifický |
| 🇯🇵Japanese | モトノコバウナギ |
| 🇷🇺Russian | Режущий пилорот |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | Anguila Tijera · anguila dientes de sierra |
| 🇨🇳Chinese | 鋸齒鰻 · 長齒鋸犁鰻 · 長齒鋸鋤鰻 · 長齒鋸齒鰻 |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 18 records indexed .
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