Serrivomeridae

crossthroat sawpalate

Serrivomer jesperseni

• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Pacific Ocean
• Central America and the Caribbean
• North America
• Oceania
• South America
• Anguilliform
• Large

The crossthroat sawpalate (Serrivomer jesperseni) is an eel in the family Nemichthyidae (snipe eels). It was described by Marie-Louise Bauchot in 1953. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the western and eastern Pacific Ocean, including Papua New Guinea, British Columbia, Canada; the Gulf of Panama and Chile.