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Derichthys serpentinus Gill, 1884

Narrownecked oceanic eel
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Common names: Deep-water neck eel, Longneck eel
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: From southern California southwards (Ref. 35591, 96339).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Charter, S.R., 1996
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Common names from other countries

Deepwater neck eel, Deep-water neck eel, Dlouhošíjka hadí, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Derichthyidae (Longneck eels)
Etymology: Derichthys: Greek, deras, -atos = skin + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Gill.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 0 - 2000 m (Ref. 35591), usually 200 - 700 m (Ref. 58302).   Deep-water

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Circumglobal: In tropical to temperate waters. Eastern Atlantic: one confirmed record near Ascension Islands. Eastern Pacific: southern California to Chile (Ref. 35591).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 40.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 6592)

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines: 0. Black in color, lateral line pores light (Ref. 6592). Lateral line pores before anus about 55 (Ref. 6592).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Meso- to bathypelagic (Ref. 58302). Feed on small fishes and crustaceans. Eggs and leptocephali are planktonic (Ref. 35591). Minimum depth from Ref. 58018.

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Smith, D.G., 1990. Derichthyidae. p. 193-194. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 1. (Ref. 5228)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 04 February 2009

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




Human uses

Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 3.5 - 13.5, mean 7.8 (based on 805 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 1.1250   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00102 (0.00046 - 0.00225), b=3.06 (2.88 - 3.24), in cm Total Length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.1   ±0.30 se; based on food items.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low to moderate vulnerability (30 of 100).