Kingdom Animalia Class Actinopterygii Family Nettastomatidae Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Order Anguilliformes Genus Saurenchelys | |
The pillar wire eel (Saurenchelys stylura) is an eel in the family Nettastomatidae (duckbill/witch eels). It was described by Einar Hagbart Martin Lea in 1913, originally under the genus Leptocephalus. 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).
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