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IllustrationSawtooth eel (no English common name)
Serrivomer garmani
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Sawtooth eel (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Serrivomer garmani
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Deep-water fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 57 cm (NG)
- Depth and habitat
- Deep open water, recorded from 30 to 2250 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2019
Description
A very thin, dark deep-sea eel with long, slender jaws, reaching about 57 cm. It lives in the open ocean, mostly in deep water.
In the Maldives
Known only from the Maldives and Sri Lanka.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Serrivomer-garmani.html
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.