Misplaced Pages

Pillar wire eel
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Nettastomatidae
Genus:	Saurenchelys
Species:	S. stylura
Binomial name
Saurenchelys stylura (Lea, 1913)
Synonyms
Leptocephalus stylurus Lea, 1913 Saurenchelys stylurus (Lea, 1913)

The pillar wire eel (Saurenchelys stylura) is an eel in the family Nettastomatidae (duckbill/witch eels). It was described by Einar Hagbart Martin Lea in 1913, originally under the genus Leptocephalus. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the western Pacific Ocean. It is oceanodromous, and is known to dwell at a depth range of 27 to 460 metres (89 to 1,509 ft).

References

1. Synonyms of Saurenchelys stylura at www.fishbase.org.
2. Common names of Saurenchelys stylura at www.fishbase.org.
3. ^ Saurenchelys stylura at www.fishbase.org.
4. Lea, E., 1913 Muraenoid larvae from the "Michael Sars" North Atlantic deep-sea expedition 1910. Scientific Results of the Michael Sars North Atlantic Deep-Sea Expedition 1910 v. 3 (pt 1, no. 7): 1-59, Pls. 1-6.

This Anguilliformes article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

• Saurenchelys
• Fish described in 1913
• Anguilliformes stubs