Pillar wire eel

The pillar wire eel[2] (Saurenchelys stylura) is an eel in the family Nettastomatidae (duckbill/witch eels).[3] It was described by Einar Hagbart Martin Lea in 1913, originally under the genus Leptocephalus.[4] 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).[3]

Pillar wire eel
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Anguilliformes
Family:
Nettastomatidae
Genus:
Saurenchelys
Species:
S. stylura
Binomial name
Saurenchelys stylura
(Lea, 1913)
Synonyms[1]
  • Leptocephalus stylurus Lea, 1913
  • Saurenchelys stylurus (Lea, 1913)

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 [ref. 14158] 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.


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