Derichthys serpentinus Gill, 1884

Fermon, Yves, Bailly, Nicolas, Cardiec, Floriane, Causse, Romain, Chartrain, Emmanuel, Chirio, Laurent, Bruyne, Godefroy De, Deynat, Pascal, Hopkins, Carl D., Lamboj, Anton, Mennesson, Marion I., Beh, Jean-Hervé Mve, Paugy, Didier, Sidlauskas, Brian, Sullivan, John P., Weghe, Jean-Pierre Van De, Vigliotta, Thomas R. & Zee, Jouke Van Der, 2022, An annotated checklist of the fishes of Gabon, Cybium 46 (2), pp. 2-3 : 116

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.26028/cybium/2022-462-3-001
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12710746
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C63F87BA-E32F-3F73-7584-DFC6EEEEFA25
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scientific name	Derichthys serpentinus Gill, 1884
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Occurrence: questionable

Maximum length: 40 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: bathypelagic

Depth range: 200-2000 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2010)

Source: preserved

Distribution and remarks: circumglobal: in tropical to temperate waters. Eastern Atlantic: known from one confirmed record near Ascension Islands. One record (MCZ 167463-1970) for Gabon, but country coordinates are mismatched.

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Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Order	Anguilliformes
Family	Derichthyidae
Genus	Derichthys

Derichthys serpentinus Gill, 1884

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