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Derichthys serpentinus (Deepwater neck eel; Deep-water neck eel; Longneck eel; Narrownecked oceanic eel)

Synonyms: Derichthys iselini; Derichthys kempi; Derichtys iselini; Grammatocephalus kempi; Leptocephalus anguilloides
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Wikipedia Abstract

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. It lives on the bottom at great depths.
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Consumers

Parasitized by 
Heteronybelinia yamagutii[1]

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♦ 1Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0