''Serrivomer'' is a

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eel Eels are ray-finned fish belonging to the order Anguilliformes (), which consists of eight suborders, 19 families, 111 genera, and about 800 species. Eels undergo considerable development from the early larval stage to the eventual adult stage ...

in the family

Serrivomeridae Sawtooth eels are a family, Serrivomeridae, of eels found in temperate and tropical seas worldwide. Sawtooth eels get their name from the human-like arrangement of inward-slanting teeth attached to the vomer bone in the roof of the mouth. They ...

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and

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s. The smallest species in this genus is ''Serrivomer jesperseni'', which has a maximum length of 40.6 cm; the largest species in this genus is ''Serrivomer beanii'' with a maximum length of 78 cm. Most members reach a maximum length of 60–70 cm,

Species

* '' Serrivomer beanii'' T. N. Gill &

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, 1883 (Bean's sawtooth eel) * '' Serrivomer bertini'' Bauchot, 1959 (Thread eel) * '' Serrivomer brevidentatus'' ( Roule &

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, 1929) (Black sawtooth eel) * '' Serrivomer danae'' ( Roule &

, 1924) * '' Serrivomer garmani''

, 1944 * '' Serrivomer jesperseni'' Bauchot-Boutin, 1953 (Crossthroat sawpalate) * '' Serrivomer lanceolatoides'' ( E. J. Schmidt, 1916) (Short-tooth sawpalate) * '' Serrivomer samoensis'' Bauchot, 1959 (Samoa sawtooth eel) * '' Serrivomer schmidti'' Bauchot-Boutin, 1953 * '' Serrivomer sector''

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, 1899

References

* {{Taxonbar, from=Q2606860 Serrivomeridae Marine fish genera Taxa named by Theodore Gill Taxa named by John A. Ryder