Narrownecked oceanic eel

The skin is scaleless and red-brown.

The Narrownecked oceanic eel lives in the bathypelagic, marine, depth range 0 - 2000 m , usually 200 - 700 m environment.

The narrownecked oceanic eel, Derichthys serpentinus, is a longneck eel, the only species in the genus Derichthys, found in all oceans in depths between 500 and 2,000 m. Their length is up to 40 cm. The skin is scaleless and red-brown. More

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Common names

Deep-water neck eel in English
Deepwater neck eel in English
Derichthys in French (français)
Dlouhošíjec hadí in Czech (česky)
Dlouhošíjka hadí in Czech (česky)
Dlouhošíjec hadí in Czech (česky)
Dlouhošíjka hadí in Czech (česky)
longneck eel in English
narrowneck eel in English
Narrownecked oceanic eel in English
neckeel in English
Serpentiiniankeriaat in Finnish (suomen kieli)
短吻頸鰻 in Mandarin Chinese
短吻颈鳗 in Mandarin Chinese

Order : Anguilliformes
Family : Derichthyidae
Genus : Derichthys
Species : Derichthys serpentinus
Authority : Gill, 1884